Journal
CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS
Volume 176, Issue 2-3, Pages 108-120Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2008.08.006
Keywords
Antioxidant; CCl4; Pleurorus ostreatus; Lipid peroxidation; Free radicals; Isozymes; Histology
Funding
- CSIR, Govt. of India
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The present work is aimed at evaluating the protective effect of the oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus on carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced toxicity in male Wistar rats. Significantly elevated mean levels (p < 0.05) of malondialdehyde (MDA) and lowered mean levels (p < 0.01) of reduced glutathione (GSH), vitamins C and E (p < 0.05) were observed in kidneys, heart and brain of rats exposed to CCl4, when compared to values in normal rats. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (Gpx) and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) revealed lower activities of these antioxidant enzymes in the kidneys, heart and brain of rats exposed to CCl4. When the extract of P. ostreatus was used to treat rats with CCl4-incluced toxicity, it lowered the mean level of MDA, elevated the mean levels of GSH and of vitamins C and E and enhanced the mean activities of CAT, SOD, Gpx and GST so that the values of most of these parameters did not differ significantly from those of normal rats. Histopathological studies confirmed the toxic effects of CCl4 on other organs such as kidneys. heart and brain and also tissue protective effect of the extract of P. ostreatus. These results suggest that an extract of P. ostreatus is able to alleviate the oxidative damage caused by CCl4 in the kidneys, heart and brain of Wistar rats. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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