Protective and curative effect of silymarin against chlorpyrifos-induced immunotoxicity in rats

Elaimy, Ibrahim A El; Ibrahim, Hany M.; Gafaar, Faten R. Abdel; Al-Awthan, Yahya S.

doi:10.21608/djs.2013.139662

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“…Moreover, Khazaei et al 47 reported that the WBC count rose when silymarin was included in the quail diet. El Elaimy et al 48 reported silymarin's therapeutic and preventative effects on rat immune toxicity brought on by chlorpyrifos. Camel milk is full of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that have become quite popular in the fight against xenobiotic toxicants 49 , 50 .…”

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Ameliorative effects of camel milk and silymarin upon aflatoxin B1 induced hepatic injury in rats

Hassaneen,

Hemeda,

El Nahas

et al. 2023

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Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) poses a major risk to both human and animal health because it contaminates food, feed, and grains. These dangerous effects can be mitigated using natural components. The purpose of this study was to examine the ameliorative effects of camel milk and silymarin supplementation upon aflatoxin B1 induced hepatic injury in rats. This improvement was assessed by measuring leukocytic and deferential counts, serum biochemical parameters, and gene expression of Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF-α), antioxidant gene (NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1)), and base excision repair genes (APE1 and OGG1) in the liver tissue, in addition to liver histopathology. Sixty mature males Wister white rats were used to perform the present study; the rats were distributed in six groups (ten rats/group). The control group (without any treatment) received saline by gavage. The camel milk group received 1 ml of camel milk/kg body weight. The silymarin group received 1 ml of silymarin suspension solution at a dose of 20 mg of silymarin/kg of b.wt. The aflatoxin group received an aflatoxin-contaminated diet at a dose of 1.4 mg of aflatoxin /kg of diet and received saline. The camel milk + aflatoxin group received the same previous oral doses of camel milk and an aflatoxin-contaminated diet at the same time. The silymarin + aflatoxin group received the same previous doses of silymarin orally and an aflatoxin-contaminated diet at the same time. The obtained data indicated the deleterious effect of aflatoxin B1 on the leukocytic count, activity of AST and ALT, serum proteins, ferritin, alpha-fetoprotein, carcinoembryonic antigen, liver pathology, and the expression of the studied genes. However, these deleterious effects were mitigated by camel milk and silymarin supplementation. Thus, we could conclude that the ingestion of camel milk and silymarin mitigated the negative effects of AFB1 on the hematology, activity of AST and ALT, serum proteins, ferritin, alpha-fetoprotein, carcinoembryonic antigen, liver pathology, and gene expression in the rat model.

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