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Provedor de dados: | 48
País: | Chile
Título: | Positive effects of Green Tea on hepatic dysfunction, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant defence depletion induced by cadmium
Autores: | HAMDEN,KHALED; CARREA U,SERGE; AYADI MARKI,FATMA; MASMOUDI,HATEM; EL FEKI,ABDELFATTAH.
Data: | 2008-01-01
Ano: | 2008
Palavras-chave: | Cadmium; Rat liver dysfunction; Green tea; Antioxidant enzymes; Lipid peroxidation.
Resumo: | Cadmium (Cd) is a highly toxic environmental and industrial cumulative pollutant that affeets many organs, especially the liver. The present study was designed to evalúate the antioxidant effect of green tea on cadmium-induced hepatic dysfunction and oxidative stress in rats. Adult male Wistar rats were administered cadmium by injection of 20 emoles /kg bw/ every 3 days for six months. This study revealed significant (p &lt; 0.05) liver dysfunction, lipid peroxidation and a decline in antioxidant enzyme activities in the liver of cadmium-treated rats compared to control animáis. Compared to control rats, the activities of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), gammaglutamyl transferase (GGT), acid phosphatase (PAC), phosphatase alkaline (PAL), as well as bilirubin and thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARs), were significantly (p &lt; 0.05) increased in Cd-treated rats. Moreover, antioxidant enzyme activities, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPX) and catalase, were significantly (p &lt; 0.05) decreased in the liver of cadmium-treated rats. The oral administration of 5% aqueous green tea extract, along with cadmium treatment for six months, caused a significant (p &lt; 0.05) improvement in cadmium-induced toxicity by significantly decreasing (p &lt; 0.05) the activities of enzymatic markers of liver dysfunction (LDH, GGT, PAC, PAL activities, as well as the bilirubin rate). Indeed, green tea extract significantly increased (p &lt; 0.05) antioxidant enzymatic activities (SOD, Catalase, GPX) in rat liver, compared to those given cadmium alone. Thus, the oral administration of green tea, along with cadmium significantly (p &lt; 0.05) improves cadmium-induced liver dysfunction and stress oxidant in rats' liver.
Tipo: | Journal article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602008000300009
Editor: | Sociedad de Biología de Chile
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Biological Research  v.41 n.3 2008