Issn 0189-6016©2005 Toxicity Potentials of Senna Po Perr.) Lock Pods in Rodents
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The effects of acute (LD50) and sub-chronic dos Senna podocarpa (Guill. et Perr.) Lock pod on the live mice and rats were studied, respectively. The acute tox any observable lethal effects and the calculated histopathological analysis of the liver, kidney, brain a effect. Behavioral observations and the histopatholog significant differences between the control and the tre marked adverse alterations or degeneration of tissues sin normal architectures suggesting no morphological distur control group. The findings indicated that the aqueous i was devoid of overt acute and sub-chronic toxic effects in
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