Assessment of Oxidative Stress Indices in Tissues of Cadmium-challenged Female Wistar Rats Treated with Combined Ethanolic Leaf Extract of Manihot esculenta and Citrus sinensis

Autor: Orororo, O. C., Efekemo, O., Clark, P. D., Ajiri, S., Alao, V., Orumo, B., Eduvie, O.
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management; Vol. 26 No. 9 (2022); 1515-1522
ISSN: 2659-1502
1119-8362
1515-1522
DOI: 10.4314/jasem.v26i9.9
Popis: This research assessed the oxidative stress indices in tissues of cadmium-challenged female Wistar rats treated with combined ethanolic leaf extract of Manihot esculenta and Citrus sinensis. Eighteen female rats (150±20g) were divided put into three (3) groups: Group 1 (received feed and water only); Group 2 (received single dose of cadmium, 30mg/kg body weight at the start of the experiment) and Group 3 (received cadmium as in group 2 above and 200mg/kg body weight of combined extract of orange and cassava leaf, daily for two weeks). Cadmium load in the tissues of the rats were analyzed using AAS after acid digestion and oxidative stress indices were analyzed using standard procedures. Data obtained showed that the cadmium tissue load (𝑥̅±SD, μg/g tissue) were 0.005±0.0007 (liver), 0.007±0.0004 (kidney); 55.4±5.2 (liver), 28.3±4.6 (kidney); and 13.6±2.3 (liver), 20.7±2.5 (kidney) for Groups 1, 2 and 3 respectively. There was a higher concentration of Cd in the liver and kidney of rats exposed to Cd alone (Group 2) compared to the control (Group 1) and Cd-challenged rats treated with combined leaf extract of Manihot esculenta and Citrus sinensis (Group 3). Exposure to Cd alone caused significant (p
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