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Olea europaea L. Leaves and Psidium guajava L. Leaves Alleviate Cyclophosphamide-induced Oxidative Stress and Immune Disturbance in Wistar Rats

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Biochemistry

Abstract

Many side effects were detected for the use of cyclophosphamide as chemotherapeutic regimen for cancer patients among which are the increased oxidative stress and immune disturbance. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of leaves of the two antioxidant-rich and commonly used edible plants namely; olive and guava against increased oxidative stress and disturbed immunity induced by cyclophosphamide (CP). Their methanolic and ethanolic extracts were subjected to analysis for the detection of their antioxidant activity by DPPH and their total and differential polyphenolic content by HPLC. A biological experiment was conducted comprising 6 groups of 6 rats in each, three groups of them were intraperitoneally injected with 40 mg/Kg B wt of CP for four successive days, one left as a positive control whereas the other two were given either olive leaves (OLs) or guava leaves (GLs) as 20% of their diet. The remaining three groups were injected by saline for four successive days, one was control negative group fed on basal diet while the other two were fed on either OLs or GLs as 20% of their diet. The experiment lasted for four weeks. Results revealed a relatively high antioxidant potency and polyphenolic content for OLs and GLs. Lymphocytopenia, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, reduced monocytes and anemia were detected for the CP-injected group in addition to a reduction of reduced glutathione (GSH) and an elevation of the interleukin-6 (IL-6). Also, an alteration of the weight and histopathology of the thymus gland was recorded. All these aforementioned parameters were more or less restored to near their normal values of the control negative group in case of the two CP-injected groups that received either OLs or GLs reflecting their ameliorative impact against increased oxidative stress and disturbed immunity exerted by CP. Thus, it can be concluded that both OLs and GLs can be given as natural antioxidants to cancer patients during the period of cyclophosphamide chemotherapy to combat its concomitant increased oxidative stress and disturbed immunity.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2022.127282.5670

Keywords

cyclophosphamide, Olive leaves, Guava leaves, Polyphenols, Immune disturbance, Increased oxidative stress

Authors

First Name

Maha

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

Hanafy

Affiliation

Nutrition and Food Science Dept., Institute of Food Industries and Nutrition, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

Email

mahahanafymmm@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-2782-5200

First Name

Mona

Last Name

Halaby

MiddleName

Samy

Affiliation

Nutrition and Food Science Dept., Faculty of Home Economics, Helwan University.,Cairo, Egypt.

Email

monahalaby03@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Ibrahim

Last Name

Badawi

MiddleName

Hassan

Affiliation

Nutrition and Food Science Dept., National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

ihbadawy@yahoo.co.uk

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Amany

Last Name

Maghraby

MiddleName

Sayed

Affiliation

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

Email

maghraby_amany@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Fatma El-Zahraa

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Sayed

Affiliation

Nutrition and Food Science Dept., Institute of Food Industries and Nutrition Research, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

fe.abdelfattahbio@gmail.com

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Cairo

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Volume

65

Article Issue

13

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37459

Issue Date

2022-12-01

Receive Date

2022-03-16

Publish Date

2022-12-01

Page Start

565

Page End

579

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_231842.html

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231,842

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Original Article

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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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Olea europaea L. Leaves and Psidium guajava L. Leaves Alleviate Cyclophosphamide-induced Oxidative Stress and Immune Disturbance in Wistar Rats

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22 Jan 2023