Aflatoxin induced hepatocarcinogenesis in ducks
| Autor: | K V Valsala, A Rajan, T. Leenadevi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
Aflatoxin
medicine.medical_specialty Globulin biology Albumin Physiology Toxicology medicine.disease digestive system Microbiology Endocrinology Cholangiocellular carcinoma Hepatocellular carcinoma Internal medicine Total serum protein medicine biology.protein Neoplastic transformation Carcinogen Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Mycotoxin Research. 11:2-8 |
| ISSN: | 0178-7888 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf03192055 |
| Popis: | To assess the carcinogenic response of duck hepatic tissue, an experimental study was undertaken. Pure aflatoxin B1, was administered to twelve white pekin ducks of two to three months of age at a dose rate of 0.04165 mg/kg body weight every third day for six months. There was reduction in body weight and haemoglobin level from the third month onwards. Total serum protein, albumin and globulin had a slow and gradual reduction and ESR was significantly increased from the third month. Serum enzymes (AST, ALT, GGT and ALP) were significantly increased from the Vlllth to XVth fortnights (Two weeks). Ten ducks developed hepatic tumours by 180th day. Four of them had neoplastic nodules on the 90th day. Histo-pathologically they were hepatocellular carcinoma (6), Cholangiocellular carcinoma (4) and Chronic hepatitis (2). There was moderate to severe expression of GGT and ALP in the liver tissue during neoplastic transformation. |
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