Repeated dose toxicity of alfa-cypermethrin in rats
S Manna(IAH and VB(RnT), Kolkata, India)E-mail:[email protected] | D Bhattacharyya(Calcutta University, Kolkata, India) | TK Mandal;S Das(West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, India)
The present study was performed to investigate the subacute effect of α-cypermethrin (α-CP) in rats. Alfa-cypermethrin a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide, dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and oral LD∧50 was investigated after administering orally different doses in rats and was determined as 145 mg/kg. Other groups of rats were given repeated daily oral dose (1/10 LD∧50 ) of α-CP for 30 days. The animals were sacrificed on 31st day.
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