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JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR TOXICOLOGY
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 13-23Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jbt.20154
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D(+)-galactosamine; oxidative stress; hepatotoxicity; 43 kD protein; antioxidant; hepatoprotection
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D(+)-Galactosamine is a well-known experimental hepatotoxin. The present study was conducted to determine the protective role of a 43-kD protein isolated from the leaves of the herb Cajanus indices L against D(+)-galactosamine (GAIN) induced liver damage in mice. Both preventive and curative effects of the protein have been investigated in the study. The protein was administered intraperitoneally at a dose of 2 mg/kg body weight for 4 days before and after GalN intoxication at a dose of 800 mg/kg body weight for 3 days. The increased activities of serum marker enzymes, alanine aminotransferase, and alkaline phosphatase because of GalN administration, were significantly reduced by the protein treatment. The protein also normalized the altered activities of antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione reductase, and glutathione-S-transferase as well as the levels of cellular metabolites, reduced glutathione, glutathione disulfide, and total thiols. In addition, the enhanced hepatic lipid peroxidation because of GalN intoxication was also effectively inhibited by the protein treatment. Results suggest that GalN caused hepatic damages via oxidative insult and that the protein provided protection through its antioxidant mechanism. (c) 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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