
handle: 11449/99878
O fígado possui grande importância no organismo animal, pois realiza a biotransformação de substâncias exógenas (xenobióticos) e por esse motivo, o tecido hepático acaba sendo alvo potencial de substâncias tóxicas. A bixina, proveniente das sementes de urucum (Bixa orellana L.) é um antioxidante que pode contribuir para a proteção das células e tecidos contra os efeitos deletérios dos radicais livres e também possui efeitos farmacológicos como antiinflamatório, antibacteriano e antitumoral. No presente trabalho foi avaliado o efeito protetor da bixina sobre os danos hepáticos provocados pelo tetracloreto de carbono (CCl ) em ratos. Os animais foram divididos em quatro 4 grupos de seis animais cada. A dose de CCl4 (0,125 mL/kg de peso corporal) foi injetada por via intraperitoneal (i.p.) e a bixina (5,0 mg/kg de peso corporal) foi administrada por gavagem por 7 dias antes da injeção do CCl . Após a 4 eutanásia, o sangue de cada animal foi colhido e foram analisadas a atividade sérica das enzimas alanina aminotransferase (ALT) e aspartato aminotransferase (AST). O fígado foi removido e após a preparação do homogenato foi analisada a atividade da enzima glutationa redutase (GR), os níveis de glutationa reduzida (GSH) e nicotinamida adenina dinucleotídeo fosfato na forma reduzida (NADPH), além da peroxidação dos lipídios de membrana e alterações histopatológicas. A bixina protegeu os danos hepáticos provocados pelo CCl4 conforme observado pela diminuição da liberação das enzimas ALT e AST. A bixina também protegeu o fígado contra os efeitos oxidantes do CCl , uma vez que impediu a diminuição da atividade da enzima 4 GR e dos níveis de GSH e NADPH. A peroxidação dos lipídios de membrana também foi inibida pela bixina. Além disso, o dano histopatológico do fígado foi significativamente reduzido pelo...
The liver has a great importance in the animal body since it is responsible to the biotransformation of exogenous chemicals (xenobiotics), making the liver tissue a potential target for toxic substances. The carotenoid bixin from annatto seeds (Bixa orellana L.) is an antioxidant that can contribute to protecting cells and tissues against the deleterious effects of free radicals and also has pharmacological effects such as anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antitumoral activities. In the present study we evaluated the protective effect of the bixin on liver damage caused by carbon tetrachloride (CCl ) in rats. 4 The animals were divided in four groups of six rats in each. The dose of CCl4 (0.125 mL kg-1 body wt.) was injected i.p. and bixin (5.0 mg kg-1 body wt.) was given by gavage 7 days before the CCl4 injection. After euthanasia, the blood of each animal was collected and the serum activities of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) were analyzed. The livers were removed and after preparation of the homogenate the activity of the enzyme glutathione reductase (GR), the levels of reduced glutathione (GSH) and NADPH, as well as the peroxidation of membrane lipids and histopathological changes were determined. Bixin reduced the liver damage caused by CCl4 as noted by the significant decrease of the release of the enzymes ALT and AST. Bixin also protected the liver against the oxidizing effects of CCl , since it 4 prevented the decrease in GR activity and levels of GSH and NADPH. The peroxidation of membrane lipids was also inhibited by bixin. Moreover, the histopathological damage of liver was also significantly reduced by bixin treatment. Therefore, we can conclude that the protective effect of bixin against... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
Pós-graduação em Ciência Animal - FMVA
Oxidative agents, Hepatotoxicologia, Tetracloreto de carbono, Antioxidantes, Radicais livres (Quimica), Urucum, Xenobiotica, Hepatotoxicology, Agentes oxidantes
Oxidative agents, Hepatotoxicologia, Tetracloreto de carbono, Antioxidantes, Radicais livres (Quimica), Urucum, Xenobiotica, Hepatotoxicology, Agentes oxidantes
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