A.S. M. Anisuzzaman
Department of Pharmacy, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh
Naoki Sugimoto
Department of Pharmacy, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh
Golam Sadik
Department of Pharmacy, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh
M. A. Gafur
Department of Pharmacy, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh
ABSTRACT
The sub-acute toxicity studies of 5-Hydroxy-2 (Hydroxy-methyl) 4H- pyran-4 one, a metabolite of Aspergillus fumigatus was carried out in rats. The compound was administered at a dose of 300 μg/rat/day for 21 days. The gross general observation such as changes of body weight, hematological profiles, biochemical parameters of blood and the histopathology of the liver, kidney, heart, lung, spleen were investigated both in control and experimental rats. The body weights of the rats were slightly increased. The change of hematological and biochemical parameters were statistically insignificant. No abnormalities were found in the histopathology of the liver, kidney, heart, lung and spleen in the experimental group of rats when compared with control group of rats.
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A.S. M. Anisuzzaman, Naoki Sugimoto, Golam Sadik and M. A. Gafur, 2001. Sub-acute Toxicity Study of 5-Hydroxy - 2(Hydroxy-Methyl) 4H-pyran-4 One, Isolated from Aspergillus fumigatus. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 4: 1012-1015.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2001.1012.1015
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2001.1012.1015
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2001.1012.1015
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2001.1012.1015
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