Phytochemical and acute toxicity study on Tinospora tomentosa Miers.

نویسندگان

  • Debabrata Devbhuti
  • Jayanta Kumar Gupta
  • Pritesh Devbhuti
  • Anindya Bose
چکیده

The stems of Tinospora tomentosa Miers. are used in Indian system of medicine. The present study deals with the preliminary qualitative phytochemical investigation and acute toxicity study on various extracts of the plant. The acute toxicity was studied in mice and rats in terms of 24 h LD50 of the methanol and aqueous extracts. These extracts were found to be non-toxic orally in doses up to 3.5 g/kg in both mice and rats.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Acta poloniae pharmaceutica

دوره 66 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009