title: Trichosanthes dioica fruit ameliorates experimentally induced arsenic toxicity in male albino rats through the alleviation of oxidative stress.
abstract: The present work was focused to evaluate the ameliorative property of aqueous extract of Trichosanthes dioica fruit (AQ T. dioica fruit) against arsenic-induced toxicity in male Wistar albino rats. AQ T. dioica fruit was administered orally to rats at 50 and 100 mg/kg body weight for 20 consecutive days prior to oral administration of sodium arsenite (10 mg/kg) for 10 days. Then the rats were sacrificed for the evaluation of body weights, organ weights, hematological profile, serum biochemical profile, and hepatic and renal antioxidative parameters viz. lipid peroxidation, reduced and oxidized glutathione, glutathione-S-transferase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, superoxide dismutase, catalase, and DNA fragmentation. Pretreatment with AQ T. dioica fruit at both doses markedly and significantly normalized body weights, organ weights, hematological profiles, and serum biochemical profile in arsenic-treated animals. Further, AQ T. dioica fruit pretreatment significantly modulated all the aforesaid hepatic and renal biochemical perturbations and reduced DNA fragmentation in arsenic-intoxicated rats. Therefore, from the present findings, it can be concluded that T. dioica fruit possessed remarkable value in amelioration of arsenic-induced hepatic and renal toxicity, mediated by alleviation of arsenic-induced oxidative stress by multiple mechanisms in male albino rats.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacognosy Division, Bengal School of Technology (A College of Pharmacy), Delhi Road, Sugandha, Hooghly 712102, West Bengal, India. sakkwai@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sanjib
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Pallab Kanti
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Haldar
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism; D001151:Arsenic / Q000633:toxicity*; D020261:Arsenic Poisoning / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000201:enzymology; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D053938:DNA Fragmentation / Q000187:drug effects; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry*; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D018675:Toxicity Tests; D029778:Trichosanthes / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D015415:Biomarkers; D010936:Plant Extracts; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D005980:Glutathione Reductase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D001151:Arsenic