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Amelioration of Hepatotoxicity Accompanied to Cyclophosphamide Therapy by Citrus aurantium L. Peel in Wistar Rats

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Biochemistry

Abstract

The use of cyclophosphamide as a chemotherapy drug for treatment of many malignancies is mostly accompanied by hepatotoxicity. So, the present study aimed to investigate the potential ameliorative impact of the Egyptian bitter orange peel (BOP) or Citrus aurantium L. against hepatotoxicity of cyclophosphamide in rats. Total and differential polyphenolic content by HPLC of BOP as well as its antioxidant activity were determined. Then, a biological experiment was done including four groups of male adult Wistar rats. A control negative group injected with saline, a group that was injected with saline and fed on basal diet supplemented with 20% BOP and two groups that were injected intraperitoneally by 40 mg/kg body weight of cyclophosphamide for four successive days to induce hepatotoxicity; one of them was control positive fed on basal diet and the other was fed on 20% bitter orange peel to evaluate its hepatic ameliorative effect. Results revealed the presence of seventeen polyphenolic compounds in the BOP methanolic extract and also, that it has a relatively high antioxidant activity. An elevation in the serum ALT and AST activities and in hepatic MDA and TNF-α concentrations, while a reduction in the serum total protein, albumin, A/G ratio and in hepatic GSH was detected for the cyclophosphamide-injected group compared to the control negative. All these alterations were restored to near the normal values of the control negative group in the cyclophosphamide-injected group that received BOP. Histopathological examination confirmed the biochemical findings. In conclusion, bitter orange peel has a potent antioxidant activity that enable it to counteract hepatotoxicity accompanied to cyclophosphamide therapy.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2021.108506.4964

Keywords

Bitter orange peel, cyclophosphamide, Polyphenols, Hepatotoxicity

Authors

First Name

Mona

Last Name

Halaby

MiddleName

Samy

Affiliation

Nutrition and Food Science at Nutrition and Food Sci. Department, Faculty of Home Economics, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

monahalaby03@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Ibrahim Hassan

Last Name

Badawy

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-

Affiliation

Nutrition and Food Sciences Department, Institute of Food Industries & Nutrition Research, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, P.O. 12622, Egypt.

Email

ihbadawy@yahoo.co.uk

City

Cairo

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First Name

Amany Sayed

Last Name

Maghraby

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-

Affiliation

Department of Therapeutic Chemistry, Institute of Pharmaceutical Industries and Drug Research, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, P.O. 12622, Egypt.

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maghraby_amany@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Fatma El-Zahraa Sayed

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Nutrition and Food Sciences Department, Institute of Food Industries & Nutrition Research, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, P.O. 12622, Egypt.

Email

fe.abdelfattahbio@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Maha Hanafy

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Nutrition and Food Sciences Department, Institute of Food Industries & Nutrition Research, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, P.O. 12622, Egypt.

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mahahanafymmm@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-2782-5200

Volume

65

Article Issue

7

Related Issue

31861

Issue Date

2022-07-01

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2021-11-30

Publish Date

2022-07-01

Page Start

645

Page End

657

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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63

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Original Article

Type Code

297

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Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Created At

22 Jan 2023