Toxic effect of carica papaya bark on body weight, haematology, and some biochemical parameters

Abstract

Toxic effect of Carica papaya bark on body weight, haematology and some biochemical parameters was investigated.Two-five out of thirty-five male albino rats allocated to five groups were sacrificed for the analysis. One group served as thecontrol and the rest were test groups. The control group was placed on pelletized rat feed while that of the test groups werecompounded feed of pelletized rat feed and ground sample of C. papaya bark. The rats were placed on tap water while the feedadministration lasted. Results obtained showed that % average weight change, haematological and some biochemical parameterswere significantly (p<0.05) affected in test rats against those of the control. This study has shown the toxic effect of C. papayabark on body weight, haematology and some biochemical parameters.