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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 2 Organosomatic index of liver of rats subjected to short, medium and long term oral administration of extracts of four ethnomedicinal plants

From: Acute, sub-acute, sub-chronic and chronic toxicity studies of four important Nigerian ethnomedicinal plants in rats

Type of toxicity study

AL

AI

TI

KS

DW

Acute

2.876±0.100

2.489±0.328

2.835±0.493

3.053±0.481

3.923±0.584

Sub-acute

3.241±0.235

3.756±0.343

3.285±0.528

3.686±0.250

3.247±0.584

Sub-chronic

3.661±0.492

2.913±0.329

3.226±0.575

3.337±0.210

3.294±0.584

Chronic

3.370±0.217

2.848±0.344

3.088±0.256

2.890±0.413

3.227±0.584

  1. AL Anogeissus leiocarpus, AI Azadirachta indica, TI Tamarindus indica, KS Khaya senegalensis, DW Distilled water