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Protective Role of Curcumin Against Combined Toxicity of Nickel-Chromium on The Enzymatic Antioxidants, Blood and Testicular Histopathology of Albino Rats

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Biochemistry

Abstract

Recently, in particular, environmental contaminants have continued to be the most potential cause of many diseases, those of toxic metals which are capable of accumulating within vital organs of both humans and animals, inducing reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and causing severe health hazards within biological systems. Nickel (Ni) and chromium (Cr) are toxic elements producing highly reactive radicals which are able to disable enzymatic antioxidants through binding to their active sites. The present study has been designed to evaluate the protective role of curcumin against testicular dysfunction induced by nickel-chromium combination. The concentrations of Ni and Cr as well as the activities of antioxidants endogenous enzymes including; glutathione peroxidase (Gpx), glutathione reductase (GR), catalase (CAT), and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were all determined in the testicular tissue while hematological biomarkers were being measured in the blood of experimental rats. Mixture metals resulted in significant variances within testicular tissues. However, oral administration of curcumin provided a significantly protective role against combined toxicity of nickel-chromium and reduced histopathological alterations due to antioxidant property represented in scavenging and chelating properties as concluded from the present investigations.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2022.117929.5316

Keywords

Heavy metals, Curcumin, testicular histopathology, antioxidants, Oxidative Stress, ROS

Authors

First Name

Ayman

Last Name

El-Amawy

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Holding Company for Water and Waastewater - Gharbia Branch, Tanta

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aymanal3mawy@gmail.com

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0000-0002-6985-9724

First Name

Samir

Last Name

Zaahkouk

MiddleName

Attia

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

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szaahkouk@yahoo.com

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First Name

Hesham

Last Name

AbdelRasheed

MiddleName

Gamal

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

marawan217@yahoo.com

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First Name

Bassem Elsayed

Last Name

Elaraby

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Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty Of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

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bassemelarabi@gmail.com

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Volume

65

Article Issue

13

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37459

Issue Date

2022-12-01

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2022-01-23

Publish Date

2022-12-01

Page Start

279

Page End

289

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_230423.html

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230,423

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Original Article

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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

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22 Jan 2023