Majalah Obat Tradisional
Vol 27, No 2 (2022)

Subcrhonic Toxicity of Curcuma longa (Tumeric) Rhizoma Extract on Rats

Yani Mulyani (Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bhakti Kencana University, Bandung, West Java)
Patonah Hasimun (Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bhakti Kencana University, Bandung, West Java)
Siti Nurjanah (Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bhakti Kencana University, Bandung, West Java)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Aug 2022

Abstract

Toxicity is a condition that indicates a harmful effect contained in a substance such as turmeric, which is an effective traditional medicinal plant used for antihypertensive treatment. Therefore, this study aims to determine the effect of repeated dosing of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) rhizome extract. This subchronic toxicity study was divided into 4 groups, namely 1 normal treated with 0.5% Na-CMC, and 3 treatments with turmeric extract at doses of 50, 100, and 200 mg/kg BW for 28 days with each group consisting of 5 males and 5 female Wistar rats. The results showed that the turmeric extract at doses of 50, 100, and 200 mg/kg BW did not cause toxicity to liver and kidney biochemistry nor contain any toxic substances that might cause anemia or other abnormalities. Furthermore, histopathological examination showed that the tissues were normal. This indicates that the turmeric rhizome extract at all dose variations indicate non-toxic when used in traditional medicine.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

TradMedJ

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Public Health

Description

raditional Medicine Journal (Majalah Obat Tradisional), or Trad. Med. J. (ISSN 1410-5918 (print) and ISSN 2406-9086 (online)), is an international scientific journal published by Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Gadjah Mada, three times annually. Collaborating with Indonesian Pharmacist Association, ...