title: Protective Effects of Selenium, Vitamin E, and Purple Carrot Anthocyanins on D-Galactose-Induced Oxidative Damage in Blood, Liver, Heart and Kidney Rats.
abstract: The present study was performed to investigate the protective effects of selenium (Se), vitamin E (Vit E) and anthocyanins from purple carrots and their combination against the oxidative stress induced by D-galactose in rats. A total of 80 male rats were equally divided into 11 groups, one of which acted as control (I) just receiving intraperitoneal injections of physiological saline. The remaining ten groups (II-XI) were intraperitoneally injected with D-galactose at a dose of 400 mg kg(-1) body weight (BW) per day for 42 consecutive days. Rats in groups III-XI were treated with antioxidants via gavage per day as follows: group III: Se-methylselenocysteine (SeMSC), IV: Se as sodium selenite (Na2SeO3), V: Se-enriched yeast (SeY), VI: Vit E as α-tocopherol acetate, VII: anthocyanin from purple carrots (APC), VIII: APC + Vit E, IX: SeMSC + APC+ Vit E, X: Na2SeO3 + APC + Vit E, XI: SeY + Ant + Vit E. The results showed that the rats treated with antioxidants (III-XI) showed significant decreases in the levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) and carbonyl protein (PCO) compared with the D-galactose-treated group (II) in the heart, liver, kidneys, and blood. Moreover, there were significant increases in the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), glutathione (GSH) concentration, and total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC) in the heart, liver, kidneys, and blood of antioxidant-treated animals (III-XI) than those in control group (I). In addition, the combined treatments of two or three antioxidants showed greater antioxidant activities than those of individual treatments, suggesting the synergistic antioxidant effects of Se, Vit E, and APC. In conclusion, all the antioxidants exhibited protective effects against D-galactose-induced oxidative damage in rats, and these antioxidants showed a synergistic effect.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, University of Nanchang, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330047, China.
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, University of Nanchang, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330047, China.
authors.forename: Yunlong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, University of Nanchang, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330047, China.
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, University of Nanchang, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330047, China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, University of Nanchang, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330047, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, University of Nanchang, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330047, China.|Institute for Advanced Study, University of Nanchang, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330031, China.
authors.forename: Zeyuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, University of Nanchang, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330047, China. lihongyan@ncu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hongyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000872:Anthocyanins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018552:Daucus carota / Q000737:chemistry*; D005690:Galactose / Q000633:toxicity*; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012643:Selenium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000872:Anthocyanins; D014810:Vitamin E; D012643:Selenium; D005690:Galactose
keywords: Anthocyanins; Antioxidant activity; Selenium; Synergistic effect; Vitamin E