Histological Study on the Effects of Sofosbuvir and/or Ribavirin on Normal Rats | ||||
Scientific Journal for Damietta Faculty of Science | ||||
Volume 6, Issue 2, December 2016, Page 144-149 PDF (737.68 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original articles | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/sjdfs.2016.194754 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Gamal A. Abdallah1; Kadry A. Elbakry 1; Naglaa F. Elarabany1; Seeg A. Altamtam2 | ||||
1Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University | ||||
2Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
The present study was conducted to demonstrate the histological effects of ribavirin and/or sofosbuvir on liver and kidney of rats. Rats were treated with ribavirin (0.0227 mg/kg body weight), sofosbuvir (0.01 mg/kg body weight) and mixture of ribavirin and sofosbuvir for 12 weeks. Liver and kidney were stained with H/E stain. Liver tissue also stained with AgNORs stain. The results showed that no histological alteration or abnormal counts were observed after treatment with ribavirin and / or sofosbuvir. Also the count of AgNORs is non-significantly differs between the normal non-treated rats and those treated with ribavirin and/or sofosbuvir. The present study concluded that, treatment with ribavirin and / or sofosbuvir or both has no side effects on normal rats. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
HCV; sofosbuvir; ribavirin; liver; kidney | ||||
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