64th ORCA Congress. July 5-8, 2017, Oslo, Norway: Abstracts

Toxicological and genotoxic evaluation of anacardic acid loaded-zein nanoparticles in mice

“…Tédong et al [ 37 ] reported the hepatotoxicity of A. occidentale L leaves’ hexane extracts, causing vascular congestion, degeneration and necrosis in the dose of 14 g/kg. Nevertheless, the therapeutic doses associated with its biological properties: anti-inflammatory [ 9 ], antibacterial [ 38 , 39 ], anti-tumor [ 40 ], anti-ulcerative [ 41 ] and antioxidant [ 42 ] are considerably lower than those used in that study.…”