Healthy adult albino rats of either sex, fasted
overnight, were divided into 6 groups (n = 6
per cage) and were fed with increasing doses
(1, 2, 4, and 8 g/kg body wt.) of the ethanol
extract. The total ethanol extract, administered
orally in doses of up to 8 g/kg body wt., did not
produce any evident sign of toxicity or
mortality in rats up to 14 days after
administration.