Evaluation of acute and subacute oral toxicity of the ethanol extract from Aantidesma acidum Retz

• Main Authors: Sireeratawong,S., Thamaree,S., Ingkaninan,K., Piyabhan,P., Vannasiri,S., Khonsung,P., Singhalak,T., Jaijoy,K.
• Format: Article
• Published: African Ethnomedicines Network 2015
• Subjects: Drug Discovery; Medicine (all); Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84897359856&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/38278
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Toxicity tests of 95% ethanol extract of the root of Antidesma acidum were studied in male and female rats. The oral acute toxicity test at 5,000 mg/kg revealed that the ethanol extract did not produce toxic effects on signs, general behavious, mortality and gross appearance of internal organs of ra...