Acute Toxicity of  Senna Didymobotrya  Fresen Irwin Roots Used as a Traditional  Medicinal Plant in Kenya

dc.contributor.author	Nyamwamu, Bonareri Lydia
dc.contributor.author	Ngeiywa, Moses
dc.contributor.author	Mulaa, Margaret
dc.contributor.author	Lelo, Eric Agola
dc.contributor.author	Ingonga, Johnstone
dc.contributor.author	Kimutai, Albert
dc.date.accessioned	2020-03-10T07:24:42Z
dc.date.available	2020-03-10T07:24:42Z
dc.date.issued	2015-08
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/2955
dc.description.abstract	Medicinal plants play an important role in the treatment of various illnesses in Kenya and the whole world. Senna didymobotya is one of such plants used traditionally in Kenya to treat illnesses such as diarrhea, m alaria, ringw orm, jaundice and intestinal worm. The main aim was to determine the acute toxicity of Senna didymob otya roots. The methanol total and dichloromethane crude root extracts of S. didymobotrya were the most t oxic and they killed 80% of mice at a dose of 5000m g/kg body weight with an LD 50 of 1927mg/kg after a period of 14days .	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Senna didymobotrya	en_US
dc.subject	toxicity	en_US
dc.subject	Roots	en_US
dc.title	Acute Toxicity of Senna Didymobotrya Fresen Irwin Roots Used as a Traditional Medicinal Plant in Kenya	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US