Evaluation of toxicity in rats of Ruta chalepensıs L. extracts Growıng in Iraq

Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences (IOSR-JPBS) - Year 2018, Vol 13, Issue 5

Abstract

Evaluate the acute and chronic toxicity of Ruta Chalepensis aerial part aqueous extract used in folk medicine in Iraq in Albino Wistar male and female rats. The study of chronic toxicity at the doses 100, 300 and 600mg/kg body weight in male and female rats for 90 days, recorded no mortality. Treated animals showed a normal weight change compared with control. The parameters of male fertility showed a significant decrease in the weight of testis, epididymis and seminal vesicle as well as a reduction in the number and the motility of spermatozoids at treated groups by the doses 300 and 600 mg/kg body weight compared to control group.

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Mustafa A. K. AL- Taie

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  • EP ID EP415673
  • DOI 10.9790/3008-1305043036.
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Mustafa A. K. AL- Taie (2018). Evaluation of toxicity in rats of Ruta chalepensıs L. extracts Growıng in Iraq. IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences (IOSR-JPBS), 13(5), 30-36. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-415673