INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY
Vol 16 No 4, 2005

The acute toxicity of isolates from n-hexane and ethanolic fraction of Dendrophthoe pentandra (L.) Miq. which have immunostimulatory activity

Katrin . (Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Indonesia, Depok Indonesia)
Andreanus A. Soemardji (Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung Indonesia)
Asep Gana Soeganda (Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung Indonesia)
Iwang Soediro (Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Oct 2005

Abstract

The acute toxiciy of two isolates from n-hexane fraction and ethanolic fractions of Dendrophthoe pentandra ( L) Miq. leaves have been investigated. Isolate HD54 (ß-sitosterol) Isolat HD54 (ß-sitosterol) isolated from nhexane fraction and ED44 (quercitrine) from ethanolic fraction, which these two fraction have immunostimulatory activity. The acute toxicity test of isolates were investigated on mice after giving a single dose of samples by observing their influences on behavioral responses (pharmacological profile), the development of body weight and mortality each day for 14 days. The observation vital organ have been done on fifteeth day. The results of acute toxicity test after giving the two isolates to males and females mice showed that until a dose of 2000 mg/kg body weight was no animal died and significant toxic effect. Therefore LD50 of the two isolates on mice were higher than 2000 mg/kg body weight. Key words : acute toxicity, immunostimulant, Dendrophthoe pentandra (L.) Miq., LD50 .

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Journal Info

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3

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Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology

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Indonesian Journal of Pharmacy (ISSN-e: 2338-9486, ISSN-p: 2338-9427), formerly Majalah Farmasi Indonesia (ISSN: 0126-1037). The journal had been established in 1972, and online publication was begun in 2008. Since 2012, the journal has been published in English by Faculty of Pharmacy Universitas ...