Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (Jan 2009)

TOXICITY OF FRESH JUICE OF MIMOSA INVISA IN RABBITS

  • P. T. A. Usha,
  • N. Gopakumar,
  • A. M. Chandrasekharan Nair

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 40, no. 1
pp. 6 – 8

Abstract

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An experiment was conducted to study the toxic dose of Mimosa invisa in rabbits. Six adult rabbits were administered with fresh juice of M. invisa @ 15,20,25 & 30g/kg orally. !t was revealed that a dose of 25g/kg of M. invisa was toxic to rabbits and that a dose of 30g/kg produced acute toxicity resulting in death of rabbits. There was also an increase in the levels of serum Creatinine and urea with damages to the liver, kidney and heart.

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