Toxicological and Sedative Effects of Chipilin (Crotalaria longirostrata) Leaf Extracts Obtained by Maceration and Supercritical Fluid Extraction
Adaía Hernández-Reyes,
Jorge Martín Guzmán-Albores,
Antonio De León-Rodríguez
et al.
Abstract:Chipilin (Crotalaria longirostrata) is consumed as a vegetable in the preparation of traditional dishes. As a folk medicine, Chipilin extracts are used as a hypnotic and sedative agent; however, there are few reports that support these uses. This study aimed to characterize the compounds present in Chipilin leaf extracts and to investigate their sedative effect using zebrafish as an in vivo model. Extracts were obtained by maceration with water (H 2 O), ethanol (EtOH), and EtOH-H 2 O, while oleoresin was obtai… Show more
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