title: Toxicity assessment of the puffer fish Lagocephalus lagocephalus from the Tunisian coast.
abstract: This study was undertaken to assess the risk of poisoning due to consumption of the puffer fish Lagocephalus lagocephalus collected along the Tunisian coast. Wistar rats were daily intraperitoneally injected, for 10 days, with acidic extracts of liver or flesh (muscles + skin) of L. lagocephalus. Control rats received injections of NaCl (0.9%). No mortality and no evident signs of neurotoxicity were recorded in treated rats. Conversely, treatment led to: (1) diarrhoea and body and organ (liver, kidney) weights loss; (2) oxidative stress evidenced by an increase in lipid peroxidation (TBARS) and conversely a decrease in antioxidant enzyme activities (SOD, catalase, GSH-Px) in tissues (blood cells, liver, kidneys); (3) a decrease in alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activities in blood plasma.
authors.affiliation: Animal Ecophysiology Laboratory, Sciences Faculty of Sfax, Department of Life Sciences, Sfax, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Mongi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saoudi
authors.forename: Abdelwaheb
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdelmouleh
authors.forename: Wassim
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kammoun
authors.forename: Feriel
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ellouze
authors.forename: Kamel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jamoussi
authors.forename: Abdelfattah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Feki
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D008387:Marine Toxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D023721:Tetraodontiformes / Q000502:physiology*; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism; D014416:Tunisia
chemical_list: D008387:Marine Toxins; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase