title: Assessment of toxic effects of the methanol extract of Citrus macroptera Montr. Fruit via biochemical and hematological evaluation in female Sprague-Dawley rats.
abstract: Citrus macroptera Montr. (C. macroptera) is locally known as Satkara. The fruit of this plant is used as appetite stimulant and in the treatment of fever. This study therefore aimed to evaluate the toxic effects of the fruit extract using some biochemical and hematological parameters in rat model. The effects of methanol extract of Citrus macroptera Montr. fruit administered at 250, 500 and 1000 mg/kg body weight were investigated on hematological and biochemical parameters in Sprague-Dawley female rats. Moreover, histopathological study was performed to observe the presence of pathological lesions in primary body organs. The extract presented no significant effect on body weight, percent water content, relative organ weight and hematological parameters in rat. Significant decrease from control group was observed in the levels of triglyceride, total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein and very low density lipoprotein; thus leading to significant decrease of cardiac risk ratio, castelli's risk index-2, atherogenic coefficient and atherogenic index of plasma at all doses. 500 mg/kg dose significantly decreased alkaline phosphatase (P<0.05), 1000 mg/kg dose significantly increased high density lipoprotein cholesterol (P<0.05) and 250 mg/kg dose significantly decreased the level of glycated hemoglobin (P<0.05) from the control group. There were no significant alterations observed with other serum biochemical parameters. Histopathological study confirmed the absence of inflammatory and necrotic features in the primary body organs. Study results indicate that methanolic fruit extract is unlikely to have significant toxicity. Moreover, these findings justified the cardio-protective, moderate hepato-protective and glucose controlling activities of the fruit extract.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, 1342, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Nizam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uddin
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, 1342, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Md Rakib
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, 1342, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Md Mahadi
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, 1342, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Md Monir
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, 1342, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Md Robiul
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, 1342, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Mohammad Raquibul
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, 1342, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: A F M Mahmudul
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, 1342, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Tasmina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, 1342, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Md Sohel
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rana
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D002957:Citrus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D000432:Methanol / Q000737:chemistry; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D010936:Plant Extracts; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D000432:Methanol