Cytotoxicity and Acute Oral Toxicity Study on Quassin and Fractions of Quassia amara Extract

Authors

  • Olawale O. Obembe Osun State University
  • Ganiyat K. Oloyede
  • Yinusa Raji

Keywords:

Quassia amara, quassin, toxicity, brine shrimp.

Abstract

Different fractions of Quassia amara and its bioactive compound quassin have been implicated in male reproductive toxicology. Toxicity results obtained from brine shrimp lethality test on chloroform, methanol and hexane fractions of Quassia amara gave LC50 value of 93.4569

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Published

2014-01-24

How to Cite

Obembe, O. O., Oloyede, G. K., & Raji, Y. (2014). Cytotoxicity and Acute Oral Toxicity Study on Quassin and Fractions of Quassia amara Extract. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 13(1), 139–144. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/1619

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2014)

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