Red cell haemolysis test as an in vitro approach for the assessment of toxicity of karanja oil

The karanja tree grows in parts of India and Australia. The oil from seed kernels was found to be toxic to animals. The annual potential availability of the oil is around 135,000 tons in India. In order to use it for beneficial purposes, it is necessary to detoxify the oil. In the present study, the...

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Published in:Toxicology in vitro 2000-12, Vol.14 (6), p.513-516
Main Authors: Gandhi, V.M, Cherian, K.M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
acute oral toxicity
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Cells, Cultured
detoxification
Domestic and cosmetic products toxicology
Erythrocytes - drug effects
Erythrocytes - enzymology
Fatty Acids - analysis
Female
furanoflavone
Hemolysis - drug effects
karanja oil
karanjin
L-Lactate Dehydrogenase - metabolism
LDH leakage
Male
Medical sciences
Plant Extracts - analysis
Plant Extracts - toxicity
Plant Oils - analysis
Plant Oils - toxicity
Rabbits
Rats
Rats, Wistar
red cell haemolysis
Seeds - chemistry
Toxicity Tests, Acute
Toxicology
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Summary:The karanja tree grows in parts of India and Australia. The oil from seed kernels was found to be toxic to animals. The annual potential availability of the oil is around 135,000 tons in India. In order to use it for beneficial purposes, it is necessary to detoxify the oil. In the present study, the oil was assessed for toxicity by the red cell haemolysis test and estimating the LDH in the supernatant. The non-lipid constituents were isolated from raw oil by aqueous methanol extraction. The raw oil and the non-lipid fraction were found to haemolyse the red cells with release of LDH, whereas the extracted oil did not show such a manifestation. There was a good correlation between haemolytic activity and LDH released from cells. These findings were further confirmed with in vivo studies where the raw and extracted karanja oils showed 100% and nil mortality in rats dosed orally at 10 and 20 ml/kg body weight, respectively. This haemolysis test can be used as an in vitro method to predict toxicity and to monitor the detoxification of the oils prior to use in in vivo studies for toxicological evaluation. The fatty acid composition of the raw and extracted karanja oils showed no difference.
ISSN:0887-2333
1879-3177
DOI:10.1016/S0887-2333(00)00046-1