Acute and Subchronic Oral Toxicity Evaluation of Aqueous Root Extract of Dicoma anomala Sond. in Wistar Rats

Table 7

Reported biological activities of the identified bioactive compounds from D. anomala.

Compound	% Composition	Biological activity
5-(Hydroxymethyl)-2-furancarboxyaldehyde [C6H6O3]	40.64	Antimicrobial preservative, antifungal [10], anti-inflammatory [11–13], antihepatotoxic [14] activity
2,3-Dihydro-3,5-dihydroxyl-6-methyl-4H-pyran-4-one [C11H8O4]	1.52	Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory activity [15]
n-Tridecane [C13H28]	5.56	Antimicrobial activity [16]
1,6-Anhydro-β-D-glucopyranoside [C6H10O5]	3.48	Nontoxic on cell-cell communication systems [17]
2-(1-methyl-2,5-dioxoimidazolidin-4-yl) acetic acid [C6H8N2O4]	10.90	Nontoxic, antihepatotoxic activity [18]
Acetamide [C4H9NO2]	1.85	Anticonvulsant activity [19]
Hexadecanoic acid [C16H32O2]	4.36	Antioxidant, hypocholesteroemic, nematicide, pesticide, lubricant, antiandrogenic, flavour, haemolytic 5-α-reductase inhibitor [15]
9-Octadecenoic acid [C57H104O6]	4.46	Antioxidant, anticancer [20, 21]
Globulol [C15H26O]	1.68	Antimicrobial [22, 23], antibacterial, antiglutamatergic, sedative activity [24]
Phosphine [C18H15P]	4.69	Antihypertensive, diuretic, uric acid excretion stimulant, saluretic activity [25]