Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2024, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (5): 399-404.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2024.05.011

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Effect of Capparis spinosa fruits pain gel paste on embryo-fetal development of SD rats

XU Wenli1, LI Shufang1, MANERBAHA·Hairula2, WANG Xingang1, CHENG Bo2, LIU Huan1, SUN Ge1, YUAN Hui1, YANG Weijun2   

  1. 1. China Institute for Radiation Protection, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Drug Toxicology and Preclinical Study of Radiopharmaceuticals/CNNC Key Laboratory on Radiotoxicology and Radiopharmaceutical Preclinical Evaluation, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi;
    2. Institute of Materia Medica of Xinjiang, Urumqi 830004, Xinjiang, China
  • Received:2023-09-20 Revised:2024-04-09 Published:2024-10-15

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To investigate effects of the Capparis spinosa fruit rheumatism pain relief gel on embryo-fetal development in SD rats. METHODS: Rats were divided into Capparis spinosa fruit rheumatism pain relief gel high (117.8 g/m2),medium (58.9 g/m2),low (29.5 g/m2) dose groups,excipient control group (excipient paste) and positive control group (cyclophosphamide). The drug was given once a day from the 6th to 15th days after pregnancy,and the positive control group was injected subcutaneously with cyclophosphamide on GD12. The general condition,body weight and feed consumption of pregnant rats were observed during the experiment. The pregnant rats were sacrificed on GD20,and the fetuses were taken to check the uterine combined fetal weight,luteal number,implantation number,fetal weight,fetal body length,fetal tail length,live birth number,dead birth number,absorbed birth number,fetal gender and appearance,visceral and skeletal malformation. RESULTS: There were no significant differences in body weight,body weight gain,food intake,uterine combined fetal weight,uterine and ovarian organ weight and its coefficient,average luteal number,loss rate before implantation,average implantation number,implantation rate,average live birth number,live birth rate,dead birth rate,absorbed birth rate,fetal gender ratio,fetal appearance abnormality rate,litter weight,litter body length,litter tail length,skeletal malformation rate and visceral malformation rate between the pregnant rats in the different dose groups of Capparis spinosa fruit rheumatism pain relief gel and the excipient control group (all P>0.05). CONCLUSION: The no-adverse reaction level of capsicum frutescens rheumatism pain relieving gel on embryo-fetal development of SD rats was 117.8 g/m2,which was 12 times of the body surface dose to be used in clinic. Under the conditions of this study,transdermal administration of capsicum frutescens rheumatism pain relieving gel on embryo-fetal development of SD rats had no toxic effect.

Key words: Capparis Spinosa fruits pain gel, SD rats, embryon-fetal development, reproductive toxicity

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