Efficacy of royal jelly against the oxidative stress of fumonisin in rats. |
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Authors: | Aziza A El-Nekeety Wafaa El-Kholy Naglaa F Abbas Ahmad Ebaid Hassan A Amra Mosaad A Abdel-Wahhab |
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Affiliation: | Food Toxicology and Contaminants Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. |
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Abstract: | Fumonisins (FB) are mycotoxins produced by Fusarium verticillioides, frequently associated with corn. It produces toxicity, including teratogenicity, equine leukoencephalomalacia, porcine pulmonary edema, hepatic or renal damage in most animal species and perturb sphingolipid metabolism. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the protective effects of royal jelly (RJ) against FB toxicity. Sixty male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into six treatment groups including the control group; group fed FB-contaminated diet (200mg/kg diet) and the groups treated orally with RJ (100 or 150mg/kg body weight) with or without FB for 3 weeks. FB alone decreased body weight gain, feed intake, GPX and SOD. Whereas it increased in ALT, AST, triglycerides, cholesterol, HDL, LDL, createnine and uric acid levels. Animals received FB showed severe histological and histochemical changes in liver and kidney tissues. Cotreatment with FB plus RJ resulted in a significant improvement in all the tested parameters and the histological and histochemical pictures of the liver and kidney. These improvements were pronounced in animals fed FB-contaminated diet plus the high dose of RJ. It could be concluded that RJ have a protective effects against FB toxicity and this protection was dose dependent. |
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Keywords: | Fumonisin Mycotoxins Royal jelly Oxidative stress Lipid peroxidation Protection |
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