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Acute, subacute toxicity and genotoxic effect of a hydroethanolic extract of the cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.).
Journal of ethnopharmacology - 1 Mar 2007
Konan Nzi André, Bacchi Elfriede Marianne, Lincopan Nilton, Varela Soraya Duarte, Varanda Eliana Aparecida
Abstract excerpt
Anacardium occidentale L. (Anacardiaceae), popularly known as cajueiro is a native plant to Brazil, and largely used in popular medicine to treat ulcers, hypertension and diarrhea. In the present study, acute, 30-day subacute toxicity and genotoxicity assays were carried out. The crude extract did not produce toxic symptoms in rats in doses up to 2000 mg/kg. Based on biochemical analyses of renal and...
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