Acute and sub-acute toxicity of Echinops kebericho decoction in rats.
| Autor: | Deyno S; Department of Pharmacology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, P.O.BOX 1410, Mbarara, Uganda. dserawit@std.must.ac.ug.; Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, P.O.BOX 1560, Hawassa, Ethiopia. dserawit@std.must.ac.ug.; Pharmbiotechnology and Traditional Medicine Center of Excellence (PHARMBIOTRAC), Mbarara University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 1410, Mbarara, Uganda. dserawit@std.must.ac.ug., Abebe A; Traditional and Modern Drug Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia., Tola MA; Department of Pathology, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia., Hymete A; Department of Pharmaceutical chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia., Bazira J; Department of Microbiology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda., Makonnen E; Center for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.; Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia., Alele PE; Department of Pharmacology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, P.O.BOX 1410, Mbarara, Uganda. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | BMC complementary medicine and therapies [BMC Complement Med Ther] 2020 Jan 13; Vol. 20 (1), pp. 2. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jan 13. |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12906-019-2794-z |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Echinops kebericho is widely used for treatment of a variety of diseases including infectious, non-infectious disease and fumigation during child birth. Antibacterial, antimalarial, anti-leshimania, anti-diarrheal and insect repellent activities have been elucidated. Its toxicity profile is not yet investigated and thus this study was to investigate acute and sub-acute toxicity of E. kebericho decoctions. Methods: Acute toxicity study was performed in female Wistar albino rats with single oral dose and followed up to 14 days. The sub-acute oral dose toxicity studies were conducted in rats of both sexes in accordance with the repeated dose 28-day oral toxicity study in rodent OECD guidelines. Physical observations were made regularly during the study period while body weight was measured weekly. Organ weight, histopathology, clinical chemistry and hematology data were collected on the 29th day. Results were presented as mean ± standard deviation. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed if assumptions were met; otherwise Kruskal-Wallis analysis was performed. Result: Oral administration of E. kebericho decoction showed no treatment-related mortality in female rats up to the dose of 5000 mg/kg. In sub-acute toxicity studies, no significant treatment-related abnormalities were observed compared to negative controls. Food consumption, body weight, organ weight, hematology, clinical chemistry, and histopathology did not show significant variation between controls and treatment groups. However, creatinine, relative lung weight, triglycerides, and monocytes were lower in treated compared to control groups. Significant variations between male and female groups in food consumption, relative organ weight, hematology, clinical chemistry were observed. Histolo-pathology of high-dose treated groups showed fatty liver. Conclusion: Echinops kebericho showed LD |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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