Toxicological study of essential oils of three Moroccan aromatic plants: Thymus vulgaris, Mentha spicata and Citrus limonum

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Toxicological study of essential oils of three Moroccan aromatic plants: Thymus vulgaris, Mentha spicata and Citrus limonum

Rachid Ismaili, Sanaa Lanouari, Khadija Moustaid, Abdeslam Lamiri
Int. J. Biosci. 11(1), 54-58, July 2017.
Copyright Statement: Copyright 2017; The Author(s).
License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Abstract

The aim of this work is to study the toxicological properties of three aromatic plants: Thymus vulgaris, Mentha spicata and Citrus limonum. This study was performed on albino mouses by determining the median lethal dose orally. The mouses were divided into six batches of ten each (5 males and 5 females) and received doses of plant species (added to an adjuvant) of 500 to 1000mg/kg. The results obtained show that the tested plant species have an oral toxicity.

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