Comment on "The Botulinum Neurotoxin LD50 Test - Problems and Solutions"
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The botulinum neurotoxin LD50 test - problems and solutions.
Apart from the fact that the LD50 test is generally considered a procedure causing severe distress, which alone should result in its immediate deletion, it also conflicts with the EU wide ban on cosmetic testing in animals in the case of Botulinum Neurotoxin (BoNT) testing. The European Pharmacopoeia monograph allows for the use of three alternative methods provided they are validated. However ...
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عنوان ژورنال: ALTEX
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1868-596X
DOI: 10.14573/altex.2011.1.60