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The protective effects of baicalin and chrysin against emamectin benzoate-induced toxicity in Wistar albino rats

  • Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Mar 4. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-26110-5.
Muhammet Yasin Tekeli 1,  Gökhan Eraslan 2,  Latife Çakır Bayram 3,  Coşkun Aslan 4,  Sinem Çalımlı 5
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
  • 2 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. geraslan38@hotmail.com.
  • 3 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
  • 4 Derinkuyu Emineana and Yaşar Ertaş Agriculture and Livestock Vocational School, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Nevşehir, Turkey.
  • 5 Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Health Science, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
PMID: 36869176 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26110-5
Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of baicalin, chrysin and their combinations against emamectin benzoate-induced toxicity in rats. For this purpose, sixty four rats were divided into evenly 8 groups with 6-8-week-old male Wistar albino rats, weighing 180-250 g, in each group. While the first group was kept as a control (corn oil), the remaining 7 groups were administered with emamectin benzoate (10 mg/kg bw), baicalin (50 mg/kg bw) and chrysin (50 mg/kg bw) alone or together for 28 days. Oxidative stress parameters, serum biochemical parameters and blood/tissue (liver, kidney, brain, testis and heart) and tissue histopathology were investigated. Compared to the control group, the emamectin benzoate-intoxicated rats had significantly higher tissue/plasma concentrations of nitric oxide (NO) and malondialdehyde (MDA), as well as lower tissue glutathione (GSH) concentrations and antioxidant Enzyme activity (Glutathione Peroxidase/GSH-Px, Glutathione Reductase/GR, glutathione-S-transferase/GST, superoxide dismutase/SOD, catalase/CAT). Biochemical analysis showed that emamectin benzoate administration significantly increased serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) and Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) activities, as well as triglyceride, Cholesterol, creatinine, uric acid and urea levels, and decreased serum total protein and albumin levels. The histopathological examination of the liver, kidney, brain, heart and testis tissues of the emamectin benzoate-intoxicated rats demonstrated necrotic changes. Baicalin and/or chrysin reversed the biochemical and histopathological alterations induced by emamectin benzoate on these tested organs. Therefore, baicalin and chrysin (alone or in combination) could offer protection against emamectin benzoate-induced toxicity.

Keywords

Baicalin; Biochemical parameters; Chrysin; Emamectin benzoate; Histopathological examination; Oxidative stress.

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