Optimizing Extractability, Phytochemistry, Acute Toxicity, and Hemostatic Action of Corn Silk Liquid Extract

Table 3

Study of acute toxicity of CSLE.

Route of administration	Sex	Dose, (ml/kg)	Weight of rats, (g) (M ± m)		Result	LD50 ml/kg
			Initial	At the end of the experiment
Per os	Male	2.0; 2.5; 3.1; 3.9; 5.0; 6.3; 7.9; 10.0	164.3 ± 5.4	174.0 ± 5.0	0/2; 0/2; 0/2; 0/2; 1/2; 2/2; 2/2; 0/2	5.15
	Female	2.0; 2.5; 3.1; 3.9; 5.0; 6.3; 7.9; 10.0	160.0 ± 4.2	170.4 ± 2.8	0/2; 0/2; 0/2; 0/2; 0/2; 2/2; 2/2; 2/2	5.64

Note. - the number of animals that died about the total number of rats in the group.