240351

Histopathological alterations in liver, kidney, and testis of obese male albino rats following thunder god vine roots extract treatment

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Biology and pharmaceutical sciences.

Abstract

Obesity is a multi-factor chronic condition caused by a amalgamation of genetics, environment, and an energy intake/expension imbalance. Modern civilization is seeing a significant growth in obesity, as well as an increased risk of metabolic syndromes in the general population due to lifestyle change. Even though obesity is a medical problem, maintaining individual's quality of life will require weight control. Weight loss goals is to reduce health risks, promote weight loss, and prevent weight gain . Weight management herbs include thunder god vine (roots).. Herbs like thunder god vine (roots) are used for weight management. Various laboratory studies proved that using thunder god vine extract might causes damage to multiple organs and tissues, and is fatal in some cases. The goal of this study is to measure toxicity of two doses of thunder god vine root extract, low 5mg/kg and high 7.5mg/kg, on the liver, kidney, and testis tissues of fat diet-induced obese male rats.. Histological examination of the obtained sections of all animal groups revealed that treatment with two different doses of the extract in obese rats showed no changes in the seminiferous tubules and different stages of spermatogenesis in testis and. Liver injury and nephrotoxic effects were reported after treatment with the plant extract at with two doses.

DOI

10.21608/ajbas.2022.137511.1099

Keywords

Tripterygium wilfordii, toxicity, Organs, Obesity, histopathology

Authors

First Name

Nrmeen

Last Name

Elfatairy

MiddleName

Elsayed

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of science, Port Said University

Email

nrmeenelfatairy@yahoo.com

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First Name

Osama

Last Name

Abbas

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt.

Email

osahab45@yahoo.com

City

Port said

Orcid

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First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Khashaba

MiddleName

Hosny

Affiliation

Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Port Said University

Email

marwa.khashaba@med.psu.edu.eg

City

Port said

Orcid

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Khalaf

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Port Said University

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ahkhalaf71@yahoo.com

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Volume

4

Article Issue

1

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38598

Issue Date

2023-01-01

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2022-05-17

Publish Date

2023-01-01

Page Start

41

Page End

50

Online ISSN

2682-275X

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https://ajbas.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=240351

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4

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Review Article

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1,409

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Publication Title

Alfarama Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences

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https://ajbas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Histopathological alterations in liver, kidney, and testis of obese male albino rats following thunder god vine roots extract treatment

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Created At

22 Jan 2023