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Sub-acute toxicity study -Body weight change in rats 

Sub-acute toxicity study -Body weight change in rats 

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Acute and subacute toxicity of the hydro-ethanolic extract of the ripe fruit of Solanum torvum Sw. was studied by force-feeding albino Wistar rats following the European Community and WHO toxicity guidelines. The results of the acute toxicity study indicated the median lethal dose (LD50) as 19g/kg body weight after 48 hours of treatment, and the si...

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... body weight evolution in the subacute toxicity study is presented in Table 5. The ANOVA did not show any significant difference (P >0.05) between the weights of the treated and control rats. ...

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