Uvaria chamae is used in the treatment of sickle cell crisis Benin. The aim this work to determine safety roots aqueous extract wistar rats. was obtained by maceration. tests for Acute Oral Toxicity (AOT) and Sub-Chronic (SCT) respectively forced gavage a single dose 2000 mg / Kg 200 body weight 28 days were performed on female Wistar animals, serum creatinine, transaminases number white blood ...

Objective(s): Varenicline is a selective partial agonist for the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor a4b2 subtype, which is widely used to treat smoking addiction. However, there is still no data about its potential toxic effects on tissues. In this study, we aimed to determine the varenicline-induced toxicity on reproductive and renal tissues in rats.Ma...

conclusions: the co-administration of saffron aqueous extract and safranal reduced toxic effects of safranal in acute and sub-acute toxicities. background: saffron and its constituents are widely used around the world as a spice and medicinal plant. different constituents in medicinal herbs are thought to have the potential to induce useful and/or adverse effects. so, efforts have been made to ...

The use of mind altering drugs has become a major characteristic of American social behavior, and in our complex technological society is is unlikely that man will ever be able to eliminate his desire or need for "artificial paradises" as a means of coping with the stresses of daily existence. Unfortunately, when individuals use drugs, many also tend to abuse them with subsequent disruption of ...

Local anesthetics are commonly used medicines in clinical settings. They are used for pain management during minor interventional treatments, and for postoperative care after major surgeries. Cocaine is the well-known origin of local anesthetics, and the drug and related derivatives have long history of clinical usage for more than several centuries. Although illegal use of cocaine and its abus...

stachys lavandulifolia ( s. lavandulifolia ) is a plant that has been widely used as an herbal medicine in iran. unfortunately, despite the prevalent medicinal uses of the plant, there are no reports on the possible toxic effects of s. lavandulifolia . in the present study the potential toxicity of s. lavandulifolia after acute and sub-chronic administration in rats was evaluated. rats were ora...

Objective: This study was conducted to assess the toxicity profile of the aqueous-fermented extract of Musa paradisiaca in rats. Materials and Methods: In acute toxicity test, the rats of different groups were orally administered with a single dose of 500, 1000, 2000 and 5000 mg/kg of fermented extract of M. paradisiaca. The rats were monitored for behavioral changes, toxicity signs and mortali...

Acute and chronic toxicity of methyl red (untreated) was examined on a freshwater fish Poecilia reticulata, using indices viz; mortality, reduction in RBC counts and their morphological abnormality (poikilocytosis and anisocytosis). Similar studies (acute toxicity) were also made in physicochemically and biologically treated methyl red. Data comparison of these four indices revealed poikilocyto...

A.1 Toxicity to Birds / Reptiles ......................................................................................... 2 A.1.1 Birds: Acute Oral Studies .................................................................................... 2 A.1.2 Birds: Subacute Dietary Studies .......................................................................... 4 A.1.3 Birds: Chronic Studies.............