Toxicity study on Clinacanthus nutans leaf hexane fraction using Danio rerio embryos

• Main Authors: Murugesu, Suganya, Khatib, Alfi, Ahmed, Qamar Uddin, Ibrahim, Zalikha, Uzir, Bisha Fathamah, Benchoula, Khaled, Nik Yusoff, Nik Mohd. Idris, Perumal, Vikneswari, Alajmi, Mohamed Fahad, Salamah, Sahal, El-Seedi, Hesham
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/79118/13/79118_Toxicity%20study%20on%20Clinacanthus%20nutans.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/79118/14/79118_Toxicity%20study%20on%20Clinacanthus%20nutans_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/79118/15/79118_Toxicity%20study%20on%20Clinacanthus%20nutans_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/79118/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214750019300800

Clinacanthus nutans, an herbal shrub belonging to the Acanthaceae family, is traditionally used as a functional food to treat various ailments in Malaysia and Indonesia. Although the polar fraction of this plant shows nontoxic effect, the toxicity of the non-polar extract is not reported so far. Th...