Toxicity of n-hexane extract of mundar (Garcinia forbesii King) pericarp

Abstract

Study on toxicity test of n-hexane extract of mundar (Garcinia forbesii King) fruit skin has been conducted, By BSLT method. A. salina larvae used to determine LC50 value. The weight of n-hexane extract obtained was 20.69 g from 405.64 g of dried mundar fruit skin sample. The yield of n-hexane extract of mundar fruit skin was 5.10%. N-hexane extract of mundar fruit skin is very toxic, the LC50 value obtained was 9.753 ppm.