title: Naringenin Alleviates Cadmium-Induced Toxicity through the Abrogation of Oxidative Stress in Swiss Albino Mice.
abstract: The present study evaluates the protective potential of the flavonoid naringenin (NRG) against experimentally induced cadmium (Cd) toxicity in Swiss albino mice. NRG (4 and 8 mg/kg) was orally administered to mice 30 min before oral administration of CdCl2 (12 mg/kg) for 11 consecutive days. On the 12th day, we evaluated body and organ weights, hematological profiles, serum biochemical profiles, and hepatic and renal tissue antioxidative parameters including lipid peroxidation, reduced and oxidized glutathione, glutathione-S-transferase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, superoxide dismutase, and catalase. Cotreatment with NRG markedly and significantly normalized body and organ weights, hematological profiles, and serum biochemical profiles and significantly modulated all of the hepatic and renal tissue biochemical parameters in Cd-intoxicated mice. The present findings show that NRG possesses a remarkable alleviative effect against Cd-induced toxicity in albino mice, mediated by abrogation of Cd-induced oxidative stress by multiple mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal India.
authors.forename: Avratanu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal India.
authors.forename: Amrita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal India.
authors.forename: Ruma
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, PCTE Group of Institutes, Ludhiana 142021, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Sanjib
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Pallab Kanti
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Haldar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D019256:Cadmium Chloride / Q000633:toxicity*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D044950:Flavanones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006403:Hematologic Tests; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D044950:Flavanones; C005273:naringenin; D019256:Cadmium Chloride