Research Article

Safety Assessment of Ubiquinol Acetate: Subchronic Toxicity and Genotoxicity Studies

Table 6

Effect of ubiquinol acetate on mean body weight gain (%).

Duration
(Weeks)
SexGroup & Dose (mg/kg body weight)
G1G2G3G4G1RG4R
01503006000600

1Male33.57 ± 2.7832.07 ± 3.2532.38 ± 3.0333.89 ± 4.7433.79 ± 2.8134.56 ± 1.73
Female21.66 ± 5.1118.55 ± 5.1218.41 ± 4.4220.34 ± 7.9217.92 ± 4.3221.23 ± 4.89

5Male117.76 ± 8.92111.86 ± 20.18114.20 ± 9.91117.73 ± 19.00117.59 ± 18.68119.14 ± 5.95
Female53.21 ± 7.9849.24 ± 6.6852.34 ± 6.3156.37 ± 8.1055.15 ± 12.1157.96 ± 9.53

9Male155.19 ± 13.63144.19 ± 28.58148.05 ± 12.17155.12 ± 26.99151.72 ± 25.47150.03 ± 17.40
Female79.38 ± 12.2573.12 ± 9.2582.19 ± 11.9577.60 ± 9.0084.14 ± 14.9883.03 ± 11.99

13Male174.36 ± 16.57166.61 ± 33.70168.17 ± 12.89174.14 ± 31.09168.81 ± 24.19172.71 ± 21.19
Female85.17 ± 15.0878.90 ± 12.5686.19 ± 13.5184.46 ± 11.1988.71 ± 20.1097.93 ± 15.37

15Male----175.10 ± 23.79179.42 ± 20.88
Female----87.00 ± 20.5897.85± 10.41

Mean ± SD for 10 rats/sex/group (G1, G2, G3, G4) and 5 rats/sex/group (G1R, G4R).