The possible protective effect of vitamin E and ∕ or silymarin on rat testes exposed to 950MHz electromagnetic field | ||
Journal of Bioscience and Applied Research | ||
Article 2, Volume 1, Issue 3, September 2015, Pages 97-111 PDF (646.36 K) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/jbaar.2015.105959 | ||
Authors | ||
Amr Mahmoud Abd El-Hady1; Noaman Abd El-Latif El-Tahawy2 | ||
1Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST), 6th of October, Cairo, Egypt | ||
2Radiation Biology Dept. National Centre for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT), atomic energy authority, P.O. Box 29, Nasr city, Cairo, Egypt | ||
Abstract | ||
This work aims to study the histopathological and histochemical changes in the testes of male albino rats post exposure to mobile phone radiation and the possible protective role of vitamin E and/or silymarin. The current experiment was carried out on 30 adult male albino rats (Sprague dawly). Rats were randomly and equally divided into five groups: 1) Group C: control rats left without treatment; 2) Group R: rats exposed to frequency equals 950 MHz of electromagnetic field (EMF); 3) Group R + E: rats received vitamin E before exposure to frequency equals 950 MHz of EMF; 4) Group R + S: rats received silymarin before exposure to frequency equals 950 MHz of EMF and 5) Group R + E+ S: rats received vitamin E parallel to silymarin before exposure to frequency equals 950 MHz of EMF. Electromagnetic field exposed rats showed testicular alterations which were ameliorated by using either vitamin E or silymarin alone. However, both vitamin E and silymarin administration ameliorated the damaging effects of testes of mobile phone exposed rats more than that of silymarin or vitamin E alone | ||
Keywords | ||
Mobile phones; electromagnetic field; vitamin E; silymarin; testis | ||
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