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Acute and 90-Day Repeated-Dose Oral Toxicity of Urtica dioica L. Leaf Extract Granules in Rodents

Urtica dioica L. leaves are traditionally used in Indonesia for gout-related complaints, and granules formulated from their ethanolic leaf extract have shown xanthine oxidase inhibitory and uric acid-lowering activity; the safety of the finished formulation, however, remains uncharacterised. This study evaluated acute and repeated-dose oral toxicity under Indonesian National Agency of Drug and…

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