capparis/necrosis

Five Desert sheep and three Zebu calves were poisoned with daily oral doses of the dry leaves of Capparis tomentosa and died or were killed in extremis at various times after the commencement of dosing. The important clinical signs of Capparis poisoning in sheep and calves were weakness of the hind

Nubian goats were given single or repeated dosages of 5, 2.5 and 0.25 g/kg of dried leaves or stem of C. tomentosa by drench and died or were slaughtered at various times post-dosing. One goat receiving Capparis stem at 2.5 g/kg on every other day basis for 8 days developed signs of toxicosis and

BACKGROUND Capparis decidua (CD) is a xerophytic shrub, found widely in the western parts of India, Pakistan and some of the Asian countries. The dried fruits are used as an ingredient in anti-diabetic compositions. OBJECTIVE The present study was carried out to test the effect of alkaloid rich (AR)