EMBRYOTOXIC AND TERATOGENIC EFFECT OF DISODIUM GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID HEMIPHTHALATE IN MICE

Abstract

Disodium glycyrrhetinic acid hemiphthalaic (GAP) was evaluated for developmental toxicity in pregnant NMRI mice. GAP was administered intrapcritoneally on days S, 9, 10, of gestation at doses of 0, 25, 50 and 75 mg/kg/dav. On gestation day of IS, after operational delivery, the fetuses were examined for soft tissue, external and skeletal defects.
Increased absorptions, dead fetuses, and reduce fetal body weight per litter were observed at doses of 50 and 75 mg/kg/day. In addition by using different doses of GAP at different critical gestation times, developmental delay was observed as reduction in ossification centers and vertebral number in caudal region. It seems that GAP at doses of (50 and 75 mg/kg/day) has a cmbiyotoxic and teratogenic potential in mice.