{"title":"Effects of Gibberellic Acid on Thioacetamide-Induced Acute Liver Toxicity in Sprague-Dawley Rats","authors":"Haytham Mohamedelfatih Mohamed Makki","doi":"10.29261/pakvetj/2022.025","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Gibberellic acid (GBA) is a natural plant growth hormone, controlling many developmental processes. In order to explore the protective effects of GBA against Thioacetamide (TAA)-induced acute liver toxicity, thirty male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly allocated into six groups (5 rats/group); Normal control (NC): received distilled water (DW) per os (p.o.), GBA only: received (20 mg/kg, p.o.) of GBA, TAA: received DW and TAA (350 mg/kg, i.p.), GBA 5: received GBA (5 mg/kg, p.o.) and TAA (350 mg/kg, i.p.), GBA 10: received GBA (10 mg/kg, p.o.) and TAA (350 mg/kg, i.p.), and GBA 20: received GBA (20 mg/kg, p.o.) and TAA (350 mg/kg, i.p.). Blood and plasma were collected for biochemical analysis while liver tissues were harvested and preserved for histological analysis. The results confirmed the TAA-induced acute liver toxicity by the significantly increased liver enzymes, hypoglycemia, hypoxia, polycythemia, and metabolic acidosis as compared with NC. However, pretreatment of TAA-intoxicated rats with GBA indicated the hepatoprotective effects by reducing liver enzyme levels significantly and alleviating hepatic lesions in a dose-dependent manner","PeriodicalId":22797,"journal":{"name":"The Pakistan Veterinary Journal","volume":"72 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Pakistan Veterinary Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2022.025","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Gibberellic acid (GBA) is a natural plant growth hormone, controlling many developmental processes. In order to explore the protective effects of GBA against Thioacetamide (TAA)-induced acute liver toxicity, thirty male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly allocated into six groups (5 rats/group); Normal control (NC): received distilled water (DW) per os (p.o.), GBA only: received (20 mg/kg, p.o.) of GBA, TAA: received DW and TAA (350 mg/kg, i.p.), GBA 5: received GBA (5 mg/kg, p.o.) and TAA (350 mg/kg, i.p.), GBA 10: received GBA (10 mg/kg, p.o.) and TAA (350 mg/kg, i.p.), and GBA 20: received GBA (20 mg/kg, p.o.) and TAA (350 mg/kg, i.p.). Blood and plasma were collected for biochemical analysis while liver tissues were harvested and preserved for histological analysis. The results confirmed the TAA-induced acute liver toxicity by the significantly increased liver enzymes, hypoglycemia, hypoxia, polycythemia, and metabolic acidosis as compared with NC. However, pretreatment of TAA-intoxicated rats with GBA indicated the hepatoprotective effects by reducing liver enzyme levels significantly and alleviating hepatic lesions in a dose-dependent manner