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http://dx.doi.org/10.13103/JFHS.2014.29.4.383

Evaluation of Genotoxicity and 14-day Repeat Dose Toxicity of Water Extract of the Mixture of Natural Plants, Anemarrhena and Phellodendron  

Chung, Young-Shin (Department of Biotechnology, Hoseo University)
Park, Cheol-Beom (Hoseo Fusion Technology Research Center, Hoseo University)
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Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety / v.29, no.4, 2014 , pp. 383-390 More about this Journal
Abstract
The safety of a new natural plant composition (ADP) was assessed on the genotoxicity study and 14-day repeat dose toxicity study. ADP contains a mixed water extract obtained from the mixture of Phellodendron cortex (Phellodendron amurense) and Anemarrhena rhizoma (Anemarrhena asphodeloides), and poses the contractile properties mediated by alpha-adrenoceptor of the prostate and urethra as well as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. In order to evaluate genetic safety, in vivo micronucleus test was performed in ICR mice orally administered with three dose levels of 1250, 2500, 5000 mg/kg body weight, and vehicle and positive control. In the 14 days study, Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with ADP at the dose levels of 500, 1000, 2000 mg/kg once a day, and clinical signs, body weights, hematology, serum biochemistry, necropsy findings and organ weights were monitored and examined. In experimental results, ADP treatment, compared with vehicle control, did not induce the micronucleated erythrocytes from mouse bone marrow. In the 14 days study, any significant and toxicological differences in all measurements of parameters were not observed in ADP treatment groups of animals, compared with vehicle treatment. The No-Observed-Adverse-Effect-Level (NOAEL) of ADP in the 14 days study was determined to be greater than 2000 mg/kg/day in both sexes.
Keywords
Anemarrhena asphodeloides; Phellodendron amurense; genetic safety; 14-day repeat dose toxicity; NOAEL;
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