Acute and subacute toxicity of Cassia occidentalis L. stem and leaf in Wistar rats
| Autor: | Carlos F.B. Vasconcelos, Simone S.L. Lafayette, Ticiana P. Aragão, Almir Gonçalves Wanderley, Pablo de Ataide Ferreira, Bruno A. Andrade, João Henrique Costa-Silva, Mirtes G.B. Silva, Igor Costa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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medicine.medical_treatment Analgesic Cassia Laxative Pharmacology Stem-and-leaf display Senna occidentalis Drug Discovery medicine Animals Rats Wistar Adverse effect Cassia occidentalis L Acute toxicity Behavior Animal Plant Stems biology Plant Extracts Body Weight biology.organism_classification Biochemical and hematological parameters Rats Plant Leaves Leguminosae Female Diuretic Subacute toxicity Biomarkers Pre-clinical study |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 136(2):341-346 |
| ISSN: | 0378-8741 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jep.2011.04.070 |
| Popis: | Ethnopharmacological relevance Cassia occidentalis L. (syn. Senna occidentalis; Leguminosae) has been used as natural medicine in rainforests and tropical regions as laxative, analgesic, febrifuge, diuretic, hepatoprotective, vermifuge and colagogo. Herein, we performed a pre-clinical safety evaluation of hydroalcoholic extract of Cassia occidentalis stem and leaf in male and female Wistar rats. Materials and methods In acute toxicity tests, four groups of rats (n = 5/group/sex) were orally treated with doses of 0.625, 1.25, 2.5 and 5.0 g/kg and general behavior, adverse effects and mortality were recorded for up to 14 days. In subacute toxicity assays, animals received Cassia occidentalis by gavage at the doses of 0.10, 0.50 or 2.5 g/kg/day (n = 10/group/sex) for 30 days and biochemical, hematological and morphological parameters were determined. Results Cassia occidentalis did not produce any hazardous symptoms or death in the acute toxicity test, showing a LD50 higher than 5 g/kg. Subacute treatment with Cassia occidentalis failed to change body weight gain, food and water consumption and hematological and biochemical profiles. In addition, no changes in macroscopical and microscopical aspect of organs were observed in the animals. Conclusions Our results showed that acute or subacute administration of Cassia occidentalis is not toxic in male and female Wistar rats, suggesting a safety use by humans. |
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