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African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
African Ethnomedicines Network
ISSN: 0189-6016
Vol. 8, No. 5s, 2011, pp. 170-174
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Bioline Code: tc11082
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, Vol. 8, No. 5s, 2011, pp. 170-174
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Toxicological Studies of "Chondrokola Rosh", An Ayurvedic Preparation on Liver function Tests of Rats
Nasrin, S.; Bachar, S.C. & Choudhuri, M.S.K.
Abstract
Chondrokola Rosh (CKR) is a traditional metallic Ayurvedic preparation widely used by the rural and ethnic people of
Bangladesh in dysuria. It is a preparation of various roasted metals (Hg and Cu), non-metal (sulphur and Mica) and medicinal
herbs. Considering the controversy over the risk of toxic heavy metals in Ayurvedic herbo-mineral preparations, toxicological
parameters on liver functions were investigated. A single dose of 100mg/kg body weight of the preparation was administered
orally to the rats of both sexes for ninety days. In this evaluation a statistically significant (p<0.001) increase of serum albumin
levels in male (17%) and female (15%) rat groups were observed. On the other hand, the plasma bilirubin level was decreased
50% and 28% respectively in both rats groups. But no remarkable differences were observed in plasma protein, sGPT, sGOT and
ALP activities from their corresponding control values. This study showed that CKR had no remarkable toxic effect on liver of
the animals despite the presence of traces of transformed heavy metals.
Keywords
Chondrokola Rosh; Ayurvedic medicines; Liver function; Toxicological characteristic; Enzymatic activity; Ethnic people
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