Enhanced ethanol-induced changes in disposition and toxic response to dietary aflatoxin B1 due to Sacoglottis gabonensis bark extract, a Nigerian alcoholic beverage additive.
The disposition of, and toxic response, to, dietary aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) was investigated in rats ingesting small doses of Sacoglottis gabonensis bark extract, ethanol, or both, in the drinking-water. Ingestion of ethanol alone or with the bark extract for 8 days resulted in a significant reduction in the level of AFB1 bound to serum albumin, but the level of unbound aflatoxin in the serum was significantly depressed only by concurrent ingestion of ethanol and the bark extract. In contrast, the bark extract alone or with ethanol significantly enhanced AFB1 binding to hepatic DNA. As with serum aflatoxin, concurrent ingestion of ethanol and the extract caused the most pronounced effect, suggesting synergism. All three treatments interfered with both the daily excretion pattern, and level, of aflatoxin in the urine. All three treatments enhanced AFB1-induction of liver gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase activity, suggesting potentiation of toxic response to AFB1. These data suggest that addition of the bark extract to alcoholic beverages may affect the biological response to dietary AFB1.
D016604:Aflatoxin B1; D000348:Aflatoxins / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344
D000348:Aflatoxins; D010936:Plant Extracts; D000431:Ethanol; D004247:DNA; D016604:Aflatoxin B1