Table 1.

Acute toxicity of hexane extract of A. occidentale administered by oral route to mice.

Dose (g/kg)	N	Toxic symptoms	Dead mice	D/T	% of mortality
2	10	None	0	0/10	0
6	10	None	0	0/10	0
10	10	Asthenia, hypoactivity	0	0/10	0
14	10	Asthenia, anorexia, hypoactivity	0	0/10	0
18	10	Asthenia, anorexia, diarrhoea, syncope	3	3/10	30
22	10	Asthenia, anorexia, diarrhoea, syncope	7	7/10	70
26	10	Asthenia, anorexia, diarrhoea, syncope	10	10/10	100
Total	80		20	20/70	28,57