title: Tunisian radish extract (Raphanus sativus) enhances the antioxidant status and protects against oxidative stress induced by zearalenone in Balb/c mice.
abstract: Radish (Raphanus sativus) is a food plant known worldwide. From antiquity it has been used in folk medicine as a natural drug against many toxicants. Zearalenone (zen) is a non-steroidal estrogenic mycotoxin present in corn and food mixture for farm animals and it is hepatotoxic, hematotoxic, immunotoxic, nephrotoxic and genotoxic. The objectives of the present study were to assess the biological activity of radish extract and to evaluate the protective role of radish extract against the toxicity of zen in female Balb/c mice. Animals were divided into seven groups and treated orally for 10 days as follows: a control, an olive oil group, groups treated with radish extract alone (5, 10 and 15 mg kg(-1) b.w.), a group treated with zen (40 mg kg(-1) b.w.) and a group treated with zen plus the lowest dose of radish extract. The results indicate that radish extract improved the antioxidant status and had no significant effects on hematological and biochemical parameters tested or histology of the liver and kidney. Treatment with zen results in a significant increase in ALT, AST, ALP, BILT, BILD, CRE accompanied with significant changes in most of hematological parameters and the antioxidant enzyme activities, co-treatment of zen and the radish extract results in a significant reestablishment of hematological, serum biochemical parameters, and the histology of the liver and kidney. These findings suggest that radish extract is safe and can be overcome or, at least, significantly diminish zen effects.
authors: Laboratory of Environmental Immunology, Microbiology and Cancerology, Faculty of Sciences Bizerte-7021-Zarzouna, Tunisia. jalila.bensalah@yahoo.fr
authors: Jalila Ben
authors: JB
authors: Salah-Abbès
authors: Samir
authors: S
authors: Abbès
authors: Zouhour
authors: Z
authors: Ouanes
authors: Zohra
authors: Z
authors: Houas
authors: Mosaad A
authors: MA
authors: Abdel-Wahhab
authors: Hassen
authors: H
authors: Bacha
authors: Ridha
authors: R
authors: Oueslati
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D004968:Estrogens, Non-Steroidal / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D006403:Hematologic Tests; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D020011:Protective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D031224:Raphanus / Q000737:chemistry*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D015025:Zearalenone / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D004968:Estrogens, Non-Steroidal; D010936:Plant Extracts; D020011:Protective Agents; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D015025:Zearalenone; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005978:Glutathione