<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arunodaya Hosahalli Sumithregowda</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Krishna Venkatarangaiah</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kumaraswamy Malleshappa Honnenahally</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vinaykumar Nagenahalli Manjunath</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cytotoxicity and Oral Acute Toxicity Studies of Litsea glutinosa C. B (ROB) Stem Bark Ethanol Extract</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acute toxicity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Breast adenocarcinoma cell line</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Haematology.</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Litsea glutinosa</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MTT Assay</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">September 2017</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://fulltxt.org/article/191</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">880-886</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Litsea glutinosa&lt;/em&gt; (Lauraceae) stem bark is widely used in folk medicine as a hepatoprotective, anti-diarrheal and anti-dysenteric drug but there is a lack of information about its toxicity. &lt;strong&gt;Objective:&lt;/strong&gt; To evaluate cytotoxicity and acute toxicity of the stem bark ethanol extract (BEE). &lt;strong&gt;Materials and Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;In vitro&lt;/em&gt; cytotoxicity of BEE was measured against breast adenocarcinoma, prostate, and colon carcinoma cell lines. In the acute toxicity tests, rats received oral doses of BEE as 1000, 2000, and 3000 mg/kg body weight. Mortality, signs of toxicity, body weight, food consumption, and gross findings were observed for 14 days. Blood samples were collected from anesthetized animals and used for hematological and biochemical parameters. Histopathological study was performed using liver and kidney samples. &lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; The BEE does not show significant cytotoxic effect against the tested cell lines up to the range from 5 to 320 &amp;mu;g/ml. In acute toxicity study, also lethality was not observed up to 3000 mg/kg b.w. No significant differences were noticed in body and organ weights and histopathology examinations between the control and treated groups. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; This study authenticates stem BEE may contain bioactive compounds of potential therapeutic significance which are relatively safe from toxic effects, and evidences the medicinal use of this plant in folk medicine.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">880</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Arunodaya Hosahalli Sumithregowda, Krishna Venkatarangaiah&lt;sup&gt;*&lt;/sup&gt;, Kumaraswamy Malleshappa Honnenahally, Vinaykumar Nagenahalli Manjunath &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Department of PG Studies and Research in Biotechnology, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta 577 451, Shivamogga, Karnataka, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>