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The protective effect of vitamin C against toxicity induced by lead- acetate on liver and spleen in Swiss albino mice.
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Badr Abdullah Aldahmash Zoology Department, College of Sciences, King Saud University,Riyadh,Saudi Arabia
Doaa M. El-Nager Faculty of Science and Humanity, Hotat bani Tamim, Salman University,Saudi Arabia
Abstract
The present study was carried out to investigate the protective effect of vitamin C as antioxidant to reduce hepatotoxicity and spleen toxicity induced by lead. Lead acetate administered at 20 mg/kg intake caused severe alterations in liver and spleen manifested by hepatocytes degeneration and leucocytes infiltration and fibrosis in liver, ill-defined architecture and large macrophages in the spleen. Vitamin C administered at 500 mg/kg of vitamin C one hour prior to lead reduced hepatotoxicity but did not affect liver fibrosis. Moreover, Vitamin C reduced the toxicity in spleen characterized by well-defined spleen architecture.
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Page(s) 1425-1431
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Published Journal: Pakistan Journal of Zoology, Volume: 46, Issue: 5, Year: 2014
Keywords
Lead liver Micevitamin C Spleen
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