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Chronic (90 days) oral toxicity assessment of ethephon, a commercially available fruit ripener in male wistar rats

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dc.contributor.author Chathuranga, T.T.D.
dc.contributor.author C Peiris, L Dinithi
dc.date.accessioned 2019-03-22T05:55:59Z
dc.date.available 2019-03-22T05:55:59Z
dc.date.issued 2019-03
dc.identifier.citation Chathuranga, T.T.D., C Peiris, L Dinithi, (2019), "Chronic (90 days) oral toxicity assessment of ethephon, a commercially available fruit ripener in male wistar rats", ternational Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Volume 6; Issue 3; 117-120 pp. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2349-4182
dc.identifier.issn 2349-5979
dc.identifier.uri http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/8349
dc.description.abstract Use of artificial fruit rippers are increasing worldwide. Ethrel is one fruit rippners that is in the market. The present study investigated the effects of ethrel on organ weights and haematological parameters of male rats. The rats were (n=9) treated with 100, 250, 500mg/kg of ethrel or distilled water (DW) for 90 days. Another two sets of animals (n=6) were orally treated with 500mg/kg of ethrel and DW for 90 days and were kept for another 28 days without treatment (recovery) to evaluate the reversibility. Food intake and body weight changes were recorded weekly. Upon autopsy, haematological parameters and sperm parameters were measured. Treatment did not exhibit any overt toxicity. Similarly, haematological and sperm parameters or relative organ weight did not change significantly. However, liver/body weight increased significantly at 500mg/kg. In conclusion, exposed to higher doses of ethrel may lead to liver enlargement. Further studies on liver toxicity is required en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development en_US
dc.subject fruit ripening, Ethrel, liver toxicity en_US
dc.title Chronic (90 days) oral toxicity assessment of ethephon, a commercially available fruit ripener in male wistar rats en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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