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Biological Effects of Blackberry Juice Intake on Mice Treated with Aluminum Chloride

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Black berries, a potential source of natural anthocyanin antioxidants, have demonstrated a broad spectrum of biomedical functions including but not limited to cardiovascular disorders, advancing age-induced oxidative stress, also improves neuronal and cognitive brain functions. The aim of the present study was to determine biological effects of daily intake of blackberry juice (BBJ) in the presence of aluminum chloride (AlCl3). Male Albino mice (n: 32) averaging 18 to 23 g body weights were classified into four equal groups of eight mice each. Dietary treatments groups were; 1) a control, 2) given AlCl3 (75 mg/kg BW) intraperitoneally (ip), 3) given BBJ (1.6 g/kg BW) orally and 4) treated with AlCl3 and BBJ at the same mentioned doses. Mice were daily administered their respective doses for six weeks. BBJ increased RBCs than the control group and also reduced glucose, creatinine, uric acid and bilirubin than AlCl3 group. Treatment with BBJ alone reduced cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL and VLDL levels than AlCl3 group or AlCl3 + BBJ group, respectively. Histological examinations showed that AlCl3 group showed a moderate to marked neurodegeneration change in the form of necrosis and vacuolation with an increase in neurofibrillary tangle, while AlCl3 and BBJ showed improvement in brain architecture with mild necrosis and neurofibrillary tangle .On the other hand, BBJ reversed normal brain tissue contains glial and pyramidal cells showing no necrosis or vacuolation. The granular cell showed no neurodegeneration change as the control group. These results revealed that a daily intake of BBJ was able to improve the lipid profile, reduce the high levels of total cholesterol, LDL and triglycerides, resulting in playing an important role in the prevention of cardiac damage. BBJ intake during exposure to aluminum could be recommended for reverting back brain oxidative stress and neurological disorders.

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10.21608/alexja.2016.244435

Keywords

blackberry, aluminum chloride, Mice, Lipid profile, Histological effect and blood biochemical

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Amal M. Kishk,

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Ashraf S. EL-Sebeay

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Regional Center for Food and Feed, Agric. Res. Center, Alexandria, Egypt

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Lamia

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M. Hafez

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Regional Center for Food and Feed, Agric. Res. Center, Alexandria, Egypt

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61

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2

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5211

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2016-03-01

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2022-06-16

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2016-03-01

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151

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163

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0044-7250

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2535-1931

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Alexandria Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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Biological Effects of Blackberry Juice Intake on Mice Treated with Aluminum Chloride

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22 Jan 2023