Research Article

The Safety of Soy Leghemoglobin Protein Preparation Derived from Pichia pastoris Expressing a Soy Leghemoglobin Gene from Glycine max: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies

Table 14

Summary of mean body weights in 90 day study (g) recovery phasea,.

LegH dose levels (study day)Group 1 (0 ppm)Group 4 (90,000 ppm)
MFMF

91Mean ± SD644.4 ± 54.1338.4 ± 30.8624.6 ± 62.9322 ± 27.6
98Mean ± SD656.8 ± 54346.6 ± 32.1637.6 ± 62.6332.8 ± 29.6
105Mean ± SD665.6 ± 56.2351.6 ± 34.2645.2 ± 61.0335.6 ± 29
112Mean ± SD678.8 ± 55.3358.8 ± 32.9656.8 ± 61.6343.6 ± 32.7
119Mean ± SD688.6 ± 55.9367.8 ± 41668.4 ± 61.9352.2 ± 39.3

aOne-way repeat ANOVA and Dunnett test. N = 5/sex/group. M: male; F: female; LegH: leghemoglobin protein; SD: standard deviation.