Toxic effects of Mascagnia rigida in laboratory animals.
Mascagnia rigida (Malpigheacea) is a toxic plant to cattle in Brazil. The extract prepared from the dried leaves of M rigida was administered to rats, mice, guinea pigs, hamsters and rabbits. Rabbits were the best animal model to study the toxic effects of M rigida.
Batatinha
M J
MJ
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brasil.
De-Souza-Spinosa
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Bernardi
M M
MM
D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D001938:Brazil; D010939:Plant Poisoning / Q000662:veterinary; D010947:Plants, Toxic