Toxicological Profile of the Aqueous Extract of Tectona grandis L.F. (Verbenaceae) Leaves: A Medicinal Plant Used in the Treatment of Typhoid Fever in Traditional Cameroonian Medicine

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Effects of aqueous extract of T. grandis leaves on histological features of the liver (a) and kidney (b) in female rats (H&E × 400). A1, B1: control; A2, B2: 30 mg/kg; A3, B3: 90 mg/kg; A4, B4: 270 mg/kg; A5, B5: 810 mg/kg. G = glomerulus; N: necrosis; VNS: transected portal vein; S: sinusoids; H: hepatocytes; Pt: proximal tube; Dt: distal tube. The liver and kidney photomicrographs presented in the document represent the general appearance observed in at least three of the four animals in each group.

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