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Acute toxicity of aqueous extract of Ambrosia arborescens Mill. on biochemical and histopathological parameters in rats  

Silva‑Correa, Carmen R. (Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo)
Torre, Víctor E. Villarreal‑La (Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo)
Gonzalez‑Siccha, Anabel D. (Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo)
Cruzado‑Razco, Jose L. (Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo)
Gonzalez‑Blas, Maria V. (Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo)
Sagastegui‑Guarniz, William Antonio (Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo)
Calderon‑Pena, Abhel A. (Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo)
Aspajo‑Villalaz, Cinthya L. (Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo)
Hilario‑Vargas, Julio (Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo)
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Toxicological Research / v.38, no.2, 2022 , pp. 225-233 More about this Journal
Abstract
Medicinal plants play an important role in the management of various diseases, so their use has become widespread. However, in some cases the population uses plant species regardless of the toxicity they may possess. The objective of this study was to evaluate the acute toxicity of aqueous extract from the leaves of Ambrosia arborescens Mill. on the biochemical and histopathological parameters of albino Holtzman rats. To do this, the leaves of A. arborescens were collected in the province of Julcan, La Libertad Region-Peru. OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) guideline 423 was conducted, forming experimental groups of 10 animals each one (5 males and 5 females): Group I (Control), which received 2 mL physiological saline solution (SSF 0.9%), Groups II and III (A. arborescens-300 and A. arborescens-2000), which were given the aqueous extract leaves of A. arborescens in a single dose of 300 and 2000 mg/kg/day, respectively. On the 14th day of exposure, biochemical (creatinine, ALT and AST) and histopathological parameters were measured. The results show that the aqueous extract of A. arborescens at the dose of 2000 mg/kg produces an increase in biochemical parameters which is related to histopathological analysis of liver and renal tissue with mild congestion. The study concludes that the aqueous extract leaves of A. arborescens has a LD50 greater than 2000 mg/kg and produces mild congestion in kidneys and liver, but showed no significant toxicological changes in the other albino Holtzman rats organs.
Keywords
Acute toxicity; Ambrosia; Kidney; Liver; Rats;
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