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. 1985 Jul;13(3):323-35.
doi: 10.1016/0378-8741(85)90078-9.

Studies of medicinal plants of Sri Lanka. Part 14: Toxicity of some traditional medicinal herbs

S N Arseculeratne, A A Gunatilaka, R G Panabokke

Studies of medicinal plants of Sri Lanka. Part 14: Toxicity of some traditional medicinal herbs

S N Arseculeratne et al. J Ethnopharmacol. 1985 Jul.

Abstract

Seventy five medicinal plants of the traditional Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia of Sri Lanka have been screened chemically for alkaloids and pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Of these, Crotolaria juncea L. was found to contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids with biological effects consistent with pyrrolizidine alkaloid toxicity. Feeding trials in rats with three plants lacking pyrrolizidine alkaloids, namely Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr., Hemidesmus indicus (L.) Ait. F. and Terminalia chebula Retz. produced hepatic lesions which included central vein abnormalities while Terminalia chebula and Withania somnifera (L.) dunal produced marked renal lesions.

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