ABSTRACT
The toxicology of six suspected poisonous plants Leucaena
leucocephala Benth, Tribulus terrestris Linn Eugenia uniflora Linn,
Dichapetalum madagascasience Poir, Lantana camara Linn, and Solanum
torvum Benth); were evaluated in Sprague Dawley rats weighing
between 200-300 grams. Two of these plants, Lantana camara and ~.
madagascasience were re-evaluated in West African dwarf goats.
Spectrophotometric and titrimetric methods were also used to
determine some inorganic and metallic contents of the plant.
The extracts of all the poisonous plants except ~. torvum and
~. madagascasiense produced dose dependent effects on rat serum
proteins. The extracts of these plants which produced
statistically significant changes (P( 0.05) in serum proteins of
the rat include the 400 and 600mg/kg doses of the extrct of 1..
leucocephala; 400 mg/kg dose level for extract of T. terrestris;
200 mg/kg dose level, for the extract of E. uniflora; 400 and 600
mg/kg dose levels extract of L. camara. The gl&bulin fraction did
not show any significant changes in all the rats treated with the
poisonous plants. No changes were also observed in the serum
dectrolytes analYsed.
I.terrestris, 1.. Camara and E. uniflora produced dose related
increases in activities of serum enzymes, alanine aminotransferase
ALT (EC 2:6.1.2), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (EC.2.6.1.1.),
- .and.La Lka.Ldne.. .pho s.phat-as e (ALP) (EC. 3.1.-3.1. ) . All the plants
produced significant increases in ALT except L. Leucocepha!a and ~
torvum whereas E. uniflora, L. camara, and D. madagascasie use
produced significant changes in AST (P
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