Acute toxicity of murdannia ioriformis.

ABSTRACT

Murdannia loriformis “Yaa Bei-jing” is widely used as remedy treatment in many kinds of cancers especially in breast cancer and carcinoma of bladder. According to WHO recommendation, four concentrations of fresh juice from “Yaa Bei-jing” (50, 100, 200, 300 times of therapeutic dose used in man) were given orally once to 4 groups of fasted rats aged 2-3 months. No abnormal symptoms were observed during 24 hours after feeding and through 14 days. Blood chemistry, CBC and histopathological findings of lungs, kidneys, spleens, livers and testis/ovaries were also within normal limits.