Acute toxicity test of tablets containing α-mangosteen, piperine, curcumin, methyl cinnamate and vitamin C in female wistar rats
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https://doi.org/10.46542/pe.2024.242.158162Keywords:
Curcumin, Isolate, Mangosteen, Methyl cinnamate, PiperinAbstract
Background: Traditional medicine has long been used and contributed to health services. Supplement tablets containing isolated -mangosteen, piperine, curcumin, methyl cinnamate, and vitamin C are potential antivirals.
Objective: This study determined the LD50 of these supplement tablets as well as their influence on the liver, stomach, kidneys, spleen, and lungs after the acute oral administration of 5000 mg/kg to female Wistar rats, according to the OECD 425 Up and Down Procedure.
Method: The test animals were observed for signs of toxicity for 14 days, the first 48 hours, with observation especially in the first 4 hours every 30 minutes.
Results: They showed no signs of toxicity and non-irritating death and had an LD50 toxicity value >5000 mg/kg body weight. Therefore, the tablets were deemed practically non-toxic. Histopathology revealed no changes in the liver, spleen, and lungs, however desquamation and ulceration of the stomach and glomerular degeneration and atrophy in the kidney were light and reversible.
Conclusion: The tablets containing isolated α-mangosteen, piperine, curcumin, methyl cinnamate and vitamin C were practically non-toxic.
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