Study on chronic toxicity of freeze-dried powdered Cassiae Semen in Sprague-Dawley rats
WEI Ruoyao PEI Yanyu SUN Jingjiang GAO Hong
Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences Comparative Medicine Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
Abstract:Objective To evaluate the chronic toxicity of Semen Cassiae freeze-dried powder in rats. Methods 480 SD rats were randomly divided into 4 groups (60 male and 60 female per group): control group (pure water), low-dose group (0.5 g/kg BW), mid-dose group (2.2 g/kg BW) and high-dose group (10.0 g/kg BW). The volume of drug for gavaging was 1.0 mL/100 g. animals were administrated with drug by 6 days every week for 52 weeks. Subsequently, the weight and foodintake were examined per week. Meanwhile, hematology, blood biochemistry, organ weight, organ coefficient and histopathology were detected on 13-week, 26- week, 39-week and 52-week, and stopping drug at the end of 26-week, 52-week following by 4 weeks recovery period with killing 20 rats in each group. Results ①The result showed there was no death case in each group. ②The weight of rats in dose groups and control group were increased, and it showed dose-related. ③Compared with the control group, the total bilirubin of male rats in mid-dose and high-dose group were lower after 26 weeks (P < 0.01), after recovery period the TBIL of male rats in high-dose group was still lower (P < 0.01). After 39 weeks treatment, the TBIL in high-dose group lower compared with the control group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01); The triglyceride of male rats in high-dose group was lower after 52 weeks(P < 0.05) and returned to normal after recovered 4 weeks. On 26 weeks and 39 weeks, there were significant increased in relative kidney weights of male rats in mid-dose group and high-dose group compared with control group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). ④The toxic target organ in high-dose group was kidney on 26, 39, 52 weeks, and the toxicity was irreversible, no toxic showed in low-dose group and mid-dose group. Conclusion The no-observed-adverse-effect level for Semen Cassiae freeze-dried powder was 2.2 g/kg BW in rats, and the toxic target organ in high-dose (10.0 g/kg BW) group was kidney.
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