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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 3 Effects of short, medium and long term oral administration of extracts of four ethnomedicinal plants in rats on kidney organosomatic index

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

0.351±0.024

0.263±0.037

0.338±0.038

0.363±0.034

0.446±0.035

Sub-acute

0.335±0.041

0.356±0.031

0.309±0.029

0.402±0.0177

0.369±0.035

Sub-chronic

0.386±0.022

0.314±0.022

0.351±0.054

0.433±0.024

0.375±0.035

Chronic

0.401±0.037

0.261±0.043

0.382±0.035

0.361±0.027

0.367±0.035

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