EFEITO DO EXTRATO AQUOSO DE SCUTIA BUXIFOLIA SOBRE CONTEÚDO SÉRICO DE ALBUMINA E PESO CORPORAL DE RATOS

Scutia buxifolia is a medicinal plant used for the treatment of cardiac diseases but little know about its toxicity on liver. Wistar rats (n=32) were divided into 4 groups: control and treated groups with 100, 200 and, 400 mg of lyophilized aqueous extract of S. buxifolia (EASB)/ kg of body weight, daily, during 30 days. The blood of animals was collected on 15 th and 30 th day of experiment for serum albumin dosage. The blood samples were centrifugated (3000 rpm) for 15 minutes.  The present study was planned to explore the hepatotoxic effect of EASB, which was assessed by total body weight, liver weight and, serum albumin. EASB did not alter the parameters analyzed. This way, EASB was not toxic for the liver in the dosages used.