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TOXIN REVIEWS
Volume 37, Issue 4, Pages 334-343Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15569543.2017.1387152
Keywords
Aflatoxins; antioxidants; Allium kurrat; leek; detoxification
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- Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Egypt
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The rats treated with leek (Allium kurrat) extract before and after their hepatotoxicity induction by aflatoxins (AFs) B1 and B2 showed a significant decrease in the levels of the oxidation radicals and a significant increase in the level of these hepatic enzymes compared to their corresponding values of the AF-treatment. These levels approached to those corresponding values of the negative control. The histological investigation confirmed strongly the highly protective effect of the leek extract in the hepatocytes. These findings suggest that the leek extract is effective in improving both the function and structure of the hepatocytes through a potent antioxidant effect.
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