Administration of Three Natural Products as Protective Agents Against The Genotoxic And Cytotoxic Effect of Methotrexate in Mice (Mus Musculus). | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
| Article 7, Volume 50, Issue 1, January 2013, Page 78-108 PDF (1.49 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2018.16078 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| M.E.M Zowail; M.H Awwad; E.H Khater; Ebtesam. H.O. Nafie | ||||
| Zoology department, Faculty of science, Benha University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Methotrexate is an antimetabolite and antifolate drug. It is used in treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases. Material and methods: 210 healthy adult male Swiss albino mice (Mus musculus), were allotted among three groups. The animal were given daily (0.065mg/ml) of methotrexate intraperitonealy followed by injection of Omega-3 plus at dose (8.58 mg/20g mice), Apple at dose (1.43 mg/20 g mice) and Psyllium at dose (18.2mg /20 g mice) for five days. Results: Various Structural and numerical chromosomal aberrations in bone marrow cells; mitotic activity and sperm head abnormality were recorded, quantitated, and statistically analyzed. Also DNA extraction and apoptosis detection in liver was done. The intensity of apoptotic bands located at 200 b p; 400b p ; 600 b p;800 b p and intact DNA measured by software Gel Pro program as maximum optical density values. Conclusion:, Methotrexate had adverse effect on chromosomal and sperm head structure, also it induce apoptosis, necrosis and decrease total DNA in mice liver.Omega-3 plus, Apple, and Psyllium attenuate the methotrexate-related toxic effects. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Methotrexate – Omega-3 plus- Apple- Psyllium-chromosomal aberrations- sperm- DNA- liver | ||||
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