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Analgesics, Non-Narcotic/pharmacology , Animals , Female , Male , Mice , Naphthoquinones/chemical synthesis , Pain Measurement , RatsABSTRACT
Trans-anethole was studied for antifertility activity in rats at dose levels of 50 mg, 70 mg and 80 mg/kg po. Dose-dependent activity was observed, a 100% anti-implantation activity being achieved at 80 mg/kg, po. The compound showed a significant estrogenic activity and did not possess anti-estrogenic, progestational, anti-progestational, androgenic or anti-androgenic activities. In an earlier study, the compound was found to be safe, its LD50 being more than 3000 mg/kg, po in mice.
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Abortion, Induced , Animals , Anisoles/pharmacology , Contraceptives, Oral/pharmacology , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Estradiol/pharmacology , Estrogens/administration & dosage , Female , Fertility/drug effects , Lethal Dose 50 , Male , Organ Size/drug effects , Ovariectomy , Pregnancy , Prostate/drug effects , Rats , Seminal Vesicles/drug effects , Testosterone/pharmacologyABSTRACT
Potassium embelate, 2,5-dihydroxy, 3-undecyl-1, 4-benzoquinone, from Embelia ribes Burm. was subjected to toxicity evaluation which included subacute, chronic, reproductive toxicity testing and teratological investigations in laboratory animals (mice, rats and monkeys). The results did not indicate adverse effects suggesting that potassium embelate is a safe compound.