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JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 117, Issue 1, Pages 28-33Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.12.020
Keywords
hydroethanolic extract; Baccharis trimera; carqueja; asteraceae; toxicity
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Aim of the study: This investigation evaluated the effect of a hydroethanolic extract of Baccharis trimera on pregnant Wistar rats, once the plant is well-known consumed in pregnancy and little is known on its potentially toxic effects on pregnant women. Material and Methods: Thirty-five female rats were distributed into three groups. Those in treatments 1 and 2 were given 8.4 mg/kg of the extract orally from gestational day (GD) 1 to 19 and from GD 6 to 15, respectively, whereas those in the control group received distilled water orally from GD 1 to 19. Body weights were recorded on GD 1, 6, 15, and 20. On GD 20 animals were anesthetized, blood samples were collected and maternal livers, kidneys, and spleens were weighed and processed for histological studies. Results: No clinical signs of maternal toxicity and no changes in hematological parameters were observed. Urea levels and kidney weights differed significantly between animals receiving treatment I and controls. Histopathological alterations were found in kidneys and livers in both treatment groups. Conclusions: The hydroethanolic extract of Baccharis trimera administered to pregnant rats at 8.4 mg/kg was toxic to maternal kidney and liver cells, although such alterations are reversible once administration is discontinued. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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