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Oral acute and subchronic toxicity studies of the oil extracted from pequi (Caryocar brasiliense, Camb.) pulp in rats

2016; Elsevier BV; Volume: 97; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.fct.2016.09.018

1873-6351

Giseli Karenina Traesel, Sara Emília Lima Tolouei, Ariany Carvalho dos Santos, Roosevelt Isaías Carvalho Souza, Gustavo Roberto Villas Boas, Priscilla Narciso Justi, Cândida Aparecida Leite Kassuya, Eliana Janet Sanjinez‐Argandoña, Silvia Aparecida Oesterreich,

Animal and Plant Science Education

The Caryocar brasiliense (pequi) is a Brazilian fruit of important geographic distribution and of broad popular use for nutritional purposes. This study aimed to evaluate the toxicological potential of pequi through the acute and subchronic toxicity tests. For the acute toxicity test, female Wistar rats received, orally, a single dose of 2000 mg/kg/bw of pequi oil and were observed for 14 days. In subchronic toxicity test, Wistar male and female rats received, orally, repeated doses of 125, 250, 500 or 1000 mg/kg/bw of the oil, being treated and observed for 28 days. In the acute toxicity test, no changes as well as no mortality were observed, indicating that the LD50 is higher than 2000 mg/kg/bw. In the subchronic toxicity test, the tested doses produced no significant changes in behavioral, physiological, biochemical or histopathologic parameters in animals. Some hematological abnormalities were found after subchronic exposure and need to be clarified. These results demonstrate the low toxicity of acute and subchronic to the oil of pequi in rats. However, additional studies are required in order to verify if the hematological abnormalities have any relation to the oil exposure and also provide sufficient safety evidence for the use of the oil in humans.