Toxicity and Safety Profiles of Methanolic Extract of Pistacia integerrima J. L. Stewart ex Brandis (PI) for Wistar Rats

Gotmi Sharwan; Parag Jain; Ravindra Pandey; Shiv Shankar Shukla

doi:10.3831/KPI.2016.19.027

Journal of Pharmacopuncture (Sep 2016)

Toxicity and Safety Profiles of Methanolic Extract of Pistacia integerrima J. L. Stewart ex Brandis (PI) for Wistar Rats

Gotmi Sharwan,
Parag Jain,
Ravindra Pandey,
Shiv Shankar Shukla

Affiliations

Gotmi Sharwan: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Columbia Institute of Pharmacy, Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai, India
Parag Jain: Department of Pharmacology, SLT Institute of Pharmacology, Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur, India
Ravindra Pandey: Department of Natural Products Research, Columbia Institute of Pharmacy, Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekan
Shiv Shankar Shukla

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2016.19.027
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 3
pp. 253 – 258

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Objectives: The goals of this research were to evaluate acute (single-dose) and sub-acute (repeated-dose) toxicity profiles of methanolic extract of Pistacia integerrima J. L. Stewart ex Brandis (PI) for Wistar rats and to assess the safety profile of PI by observing physiological changes, mortality, changes in body weight

Published in Journal of Pharmacopuncture

ISSN: 2093-6966 (Print); 2234-6856 (Online)
Publisher: Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute
Country of publisher: Korea, Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine: Other systems of medicine: Miscellaneous systems and treatments; Medicine: Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Website: http://www.journal-jop.org/main.html

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