Effect of My Guard® Food Supplement on Acute and Subacute Toxicity on Rats

Abstract

Objective: Today, in the field of traditional and complementary medicine, there has been a serious interest in medicinal plants and the treatment methods performed with the use of these plants. The use of natural resources in drug production studies and the promotion of these uses led to the advantage of reaching the drug at a reasonable cost with a rational method. However, these studies should be carried out with objective practices within the framework of scientific ethical rules. Investigating the toxicity dimension in studies related to the subject is also very important for human health to use these products. For this reason, the aim of the study is to determine the toxic symptoms of the My Guard® herbal mixture syrup which is a product used in the remember regeneration therapy method.
Material-Method: In the experimental design, there were 4 groups (1 control and 3 application groups). To observe acute and subacute toxicity, clinical observation, the biochemical, hematological and histopathological parameters of the animals were evaluated at the end of the application times.
Results: According to the results obtained from the study, there were not found significant differences in biochemical, hematological and histopathological evaluations between the control and the application groups.
Conclusion: In our study, the toxic effects of My Guard® product in the dose mentioned in acute and subacute periods were not observed.

Keywords

• traditional and complementary medicine,rats,supplemental food products,acute toxicity

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