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Table 4 Daily dosage in dry plant equivalent per kg metabolic body weight (g/kg 0.75 ) of homemade single species herbal remedies (HSHR) used in orally administered preparations

From: Ethnoveterinary herbal remedies used by farmers in four north-eastern Swiss cantons (St. Gallen, Thurgau, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden)

Plant species with ≥ 3 reported HSHR and documented dosage

Daily dose [g/kg0.75]

Determined daily dose [g/kg0.75] in Aargau, Zurich and Schaffhausen (arithmetic mean) [16]

Converted animal daily dose [g/kg0.75] (Reichling et al. [41])

Converted human daily dose [g/kg0.75] (ESCOP [42])

Calf (75 kg)

Cattle (650 kg)

Others1

Arithmetic mean (median; minimum value- maximum value)

(MWB = 25.5 kg0.75)

(MBW = 128.7 kg0.75)

Coffea arabica L. Semen (18)

0.04

0.04, 0.06, 0.06, 0.07,

0.112,1.583

0.35

0.37

-

-

0.09, 0.13, 0.19, 0.19,

0.31, 0.31, 0.45, 0.45,

(0.19; 0.04-1.58)

 

0.51, 0.71, 1.06

Urtica dioica L. Herba (18)

0.55, 2.21

0.02, 0.02, 0.03, 0.10,

0.064, 0.535, 0.796, 0.905, 1.054

0.49

2.39

0.19-0.397

0.35-0.52

0.16, 0.22, 0.22, 0.26,

(0.26; 0.02-2.21)

0.39-0.988

0.19-0.384

 

0.26, 0.43, 0.96

Matricaria recutita L. Flos(13)

0.12, 0.16,

0.17, 1.94

 

1.12

0.22

0.19-0.39

0.39-0.52

 

0.16, 0.35,

      
 

0.47, 0.53, 0.68

      
    

(0.53; 0.12-5.88)

   
 

0.79,1.32,

      
 

2.00, 5.88

      

Linum usitatissimum L. Semen (12)

4.41, 4.41,

0.62, 0.78, 1.57, 1.62,

 

5.16

2.92

0.39-1.557

0.66

 

5.12, 10.97,

    

0.98-1.968

 
  

1.62, 7.78, 7.78

 

(4.21; 0.62-15.69)

   
 

15.69

      

Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze Folium (7)

0.12, 0.53, 0.56,

 

0.189

0.64

-

1.67-6.6711, 12

-

 

0.62, 0.71, 1.74

(0.56; 0.12-1.74)

Potentilla erecta (L.) Raeusch. Rhizoma (4)

0.004, 0.004

0.11, 0.44

 

0.14

-

0.16-0.317

-

 

(0.06; 0.004-0.44)

0.20-0.598

Allium sativum L. Bulbus (3)

1.76

 

0.1010, 1.5010

1.12

-

0.16-0.23

0.09-0.17

 

(1.50; 0.10-1.76)

Carum carvi L. Fructus (3)

3.15

0.11, 0.14

 

1.13

1.13

0.19-0.39

0.07-0.26

 

(0.14; 0.11-3.15)

Geranium robertianum L.s.str. Herba (3)

0.001

0.02, 0.11

 

0.04

-

-

-

 

(0.02; 0.001-0.11)

Rumex obtusifolius L. Radix (3)

0.82, 1.18, 3.15

  

1.72

-

-

-

 

(1.18; 0.82-3.15)

  1. 1hens, pigs, dogs, rabbit, sheeps, goats and donkeys, 2young sheep, 3rabbits, 4pigs, 5goats, 6donkeys, 7cattle, 8calves, 9dogs, 10hens, 11rats, 12Besra et al.: Antidiarrhoeal Activity of Hot Water Extract of Black Tea (Camellia sinensis) [50].
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