Research Article
Acute and Subchronic Toxicity Assessment of Conventional Soxhlet Cymbopogon citratus Leaves Extracts in Sprague–Dawley Rats
Table 6
Effect of six weeks of oral administration of CSE C. citratus ethanolic extract on urine parameters at termination.
| | Parameters | Treatment group | | Control | Conventional soxhlet ethanolic C. citratus extract | | 200 mg/kg | 600 mg/kg | 1200 mg/kg |
| | Glucose (mg/dl) | — | — | — | — | | Bilirubin (mg/dl) | — | — | — | — | | Ketones (mg/dl) | — | — | — | — | | Specific gravity (g/ml) | 1.020 ± 0.005 | 1.016 ± 0.003 | 1.020 ± 0.000 | 1.016 ± 0.003 | | Blood | — | — | — | — | | pH | 7.38 ± 0.25 | 7.50 ± 0.50 | 7.00 ± 0.00 | 7.62 ± 0.48 | | Protein (g/L) | — | — | — | — | | Nitrite | — | — | — | — | | Leukocyte (μl) | — | — | — | — | | Urobilinogen (mg/dl) | N | N | N | N |
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Results presented as means ± SEM of n = 6, (—): absent, (N): normal.
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