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Acute and Subchronic Oral Toxicity of Fermented Green Tea with Aquilariae Lignum in Rodents.

ABSTRACT: Green tea is generally considered safe, but there have been concerns regarding side effects relating to the main component, catechins, especially hepatotoxicities. We have previously shown beneficial effects of fermented green tea with Aquilariae Lignum (fGT) via an oral route in diabetic and obese models. Thus, the toxicological safety of fGT was assessed at limited oral doses for a rodent. Mice or rats of both genders were orally administered distilled water as a control and fGT at 2.0, 1.0, and 0.5?g/kg. There were no mortalities or gross abnormalities in the fGT groups for 2?weeks following the single oral dose in mice. No fGT-relevant abnormalities were found in postmortem and histopathological examinations, suggesting LD50 of fGT at more than 2.0?g/kg with no specific target organs. There were also no fGT-relevant mortalities or abnormal signs in the repeated oral dose for 13?weeks in rats. In the fGT groups, no body weight changes or daily metabolic changes were found, and hematological and serum biochemical ranges were normal. The postmortem and histopathological examinations revealed few fGT-related abnormalities in most of the organs including the liver, although slight lymphoid cell hyperplasia in the lymph node was observed in a few rats with fGT at 2.0?g/kg. This may be secondary to increased immune response to the highest dose because there were no histopathological lesions or organ weight changes. It suggests nontoxic safety of fGT at up to 2.0?g/kg, which provides useful information for clinical use.

SUBMITTER: Lee S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6754909 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Acute and Subchronic Oral Toxicity of Fermented Green Tea with Aquilariae Lignum in Rodents.

Lee Sol S Song Phil Hyun PH Lee Young Joon YJ Ku Sae-Kwang SK Song Chang-Hyun CH

Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM 20190910

Green tea is generally considered safe, but there have been concerns regarding side effects relating to the main component, catechins, especially hepatotoxicities. We have previously shown beneficial effects of fermented green tea with Aquilariae Lignum (fGT) via an oral route in diabetic and obese models. Thus, the toxicological safety of fGT was assessed at limited oral doses for a rodent. Mice or rats of both genders were orally administered distilled water as a control and fGT at 2.0, 1.0, a ...[more]

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