title: Antioxidant DL-alpha lipoic acid as an attenuator of adriamycin induced hepatotoxicity in rat model.
abstract: Protective efficacy of DL-alpha lipoic acid on adriamycin induced hepatotoxicity was evaluated in rats. Adriamycin toxicity, induced by a single injection (ip; 15 mg/kg body wt), was expressed by an elevation in alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, bilirubin levels in serum and alkaline phosphatase, lactate dehydrogenase, alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase activity in hepatic tissue. Adriamycin produced significant increase in malondialdehyde levels indicating tissue lipid peroxidation and potentially inhibiting the activity of antioxidant, reduced glutathione and antioxidant enzymes, catalase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, glutathione-S-transferase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. The present results showed that pretreatment with lipoic acid [75 mg/kg body wt/day (ip), 24 h prior to administration of adriamycin] significantly restored various cellular activity suggesting the antioxidant potential of lipoic acid in ameliorating the hepatotoxicity induced by adriamycin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Seychelles-American Institute of Medicine, International Study Centre, Administrated by Aashirwad Health and Education Trust, Mavuthampathy Post, Navakarai, Coimbatore 641 105, India. pak_biochem@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Padmavathi Pandi
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Anandakumar
authors.forename: Saroja Palanichamy
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Malarkodi
authors.forename: Thylambal Rajagopalan
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Sivaprasad
authors.forename: Gandhimathi Dhravidamani
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Saravanan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000633:toxicity*; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000633:toxicity*; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D020011:Protective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D008063:Thioctic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D000975:Antioxidants; D020011:Protective Agents; D008063:Thioctic Acid; D004317:Doxorubicin