The Possible Rescue Effect of Vitamin E or Silymarin on Lung Tissue of Male Albino Rats Exposed to Electro-Magnetic Field | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
| Article 11, Volume 57, Issue 1, October 2014, Page 470-481 PDF (1.58 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.12816/0008482 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
Abir Khalil Mohamed 
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| Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Aim of the work: Investigation of the histological and histochemical changes in the lung of male albino rats exposed to mobile phone radiation and the possible protective role of vitamin E or Silymarin. Material and Methods: The present study was carried out on 36 adult male albino rats (Sprague dawly); they were divided equally into 6 groups (C group: control rats; R group: rats exposed to 900 MHz (2h /day) of radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) radiation; S group: positive control rats given Silymarin; E group: positive control rats given Vitamin E; R+S group: rats treated with Silymarin post EMF irradiation and R+E group treated with vitamin E post EMF irradiation). Results: Rats exposed to mobile phone radiation showed numerous histological and histochemical changes; these changes were ameliorated by using vitamin E or Silymarin. Vitamin E showed anti-damaging effect of lung tissue exposed to mobile phone radiation more than Silymarin. Conclusion: The present study showed that the natural anti-oxidant Silymarin and vitamin E could protect the lung tissue from the damage produced after the exposure to mobile phone radiation. Vitamin E showed significant anti-damaging effect more than the anti-damaging effect of Silymarin. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Mobile phone; Radiations; lung; histology; histochemistry; albino rats | ||||
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