Journal
TOXICOLOGY REPORTS
Volume 4, Issue -, Pages 265-273Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2017.06.001
Keywords
Carbofuran; Oxidative stress; Antioxidant; In vitro; Hepatotoxicity
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- University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India
- Research Center, Female Center for Scientific and Medical Colleges, King Saud University, Riyadh
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Carbamates, most commonly used pesticides in agricultural practices, have been reported to produce free radicals causing deleterious effects in animals. The present study was designed to assess the carbofuran induced oxidative stress in rat liver slices in vitro and also to evaluate protective role of vitamin C by incubating them in Krebs-Ringer HEPES Buffer (KRHB) containing incubation media (Williams medium E (WME) supplemented with glucose and antibiotics) with different concentrations of carbofuran. The results demonstrated that carbofuran caused significant increase in lipid peroxidation and inhibition in the activity of hepatic superoxide dismutase (SOD) in concentration dependent manner. The data with incubation medium reflected that carbofuran at lowest concentration caused an increase in SOD activity followed by its inhibition at higher concentration. Carbofuran treatment caused inhibition in the activity of catalase in liver slices and WME incubation medium. Pre-incubation of liver slices and the WME media with vitamin C restored the values of biochemical indices tested. The results indicated that carbofuran might induce oxidative stress in hepatocytes. The pretreatment with vitamin C may offer hepatoprotection from toxicity of pesticide at low concentration only.
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