Acute and subchronic toxicity assessment model of Ferula assa-foetida gum in rodents
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Acute and subchronic toxicity assessment model of Ferula assa-foetida gum in rodents.
AIM The present study was performed to investigate acute and subchronic oral toxicity of Ferula assa-foetida gum (28 days) in Sprague Dawley rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Acute oral administration of F. assa-foetida was done as a single bolus dose up to 5 g/kg in mice and subchronic toxicity study for 28 days was done by oral administration at doses of 0 (control) and 250 mg/kg in Sprague Dawle...
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عنوان ژورنال: Veterinary World
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0972-8988,2231-0916
DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2015.584-589