Oral intake of mesoporous silica is safe and well tolerated in male humans

Background Precisely engineered mesoporous silica has been shown to induce weight loss in mice, but whether it is safe to use in humans have not investigated. Objective The aim was to determine whether oral dosing, up to 9 grams/day, of precisely engineered mesoporous silica as a food additive can b...

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Main Authors: Emilia Hagman, Amira Elimam, Natalia Kupferschmidt, Kerstin Ekbom, Stephan Rössner, Muhammad Naeem Iqbal, Eric Johnston, Maria Lindgren, Tore Bengtsson, Pernilla Danielsson, Hanspeter Nägeli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7531782/?tool=EBI