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N-Acetyl cysteine alleviates carbon-tetrachloride induced acute liver injury in rats

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Biochemistry
pathology. Medicine, pharmacology, physiology, nutrition, histology, parasitology

Abstract

The liver is a vital organ that performs the majority of the body's metabolic and detoxifying functions. There are various exogenous and endogenous factors that might cause liver issues. Carbon tetrachloride (CCL4) is non-inflammable colorless organic compound and employed in a variety of industrial fields. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is one of the prospective pharmaceutical candidates possesses multiple clinical applications. The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not NAC has a protective effect in cases of liver injury. Thirty male albino rats were involved in the study, which lasted one month. They were categorized into three groups: control, liver injury group (0.5 ml/kg rat body weight (Bwt) CCL4 administered orally twice a week), and protective group (150 mg/kg Bwt NAC supplied orally). Serum lipid and protein profiles and liver enzymes activities were evaluated. Antioxidant, oxidative stress and anti-inflammatory parameters were also assessed. Additionally, hepatic tissue was subjected to a histopathological investigation. The biochemical and histopathological results revealed dramatic improvement of studied parameters in NAC protective group comparing to liver injury one. Hence, we can conclude that, NAC shown a great potential in attenuating liver injury induced by CCL4 via refinement tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-6 and reduced glutathione pathway.

DOI

10.21608/nvvj.2022.152184.1007

Keywords

Liver Injury, Carbon tetrachloride, N-acetylcysteine, Oxidative stress, Inflammatory markers

Authors

First Name

Hasnaa

Last Name

Mansour

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Affiliation

Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, New Valley University, New Valley, Egypt

Email

hasnaamansour888@gmail.com

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First Name

Marwa

Last Name

El-Zeftawy

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Affiliation

Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, New Valley University, New Valley, Egypt

Email

marwa@vet.nvu.edu.eg

City

New Valley

Orcid

0000-0002-2884-8148

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Aboubakr

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, 13736 Moshtohor, Toukh, Qaliobiya, Egypt.

Email

mohamed.aboubakr@fvtm.bu.edu.eg

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Orcid

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First Name

Rabab

Last Name

Elzoghby

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, New Valley University, New Valley, Egypt

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rabab_r@vet.nvu.edu.eg

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-

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Volume

2

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

36127

Issue Date

2022-06-01

Receive Date

2022-07-24

Publish Date

2022-06-01

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1

Page End

9

Print ISSN

2786-0272

Online ISSN

2786-0280

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1,934

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Publication Title

New Valley Veterinary Journal

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https://nvvj.journals.ekb.eg/

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N-Acetyl cysteine alleviates carbon-tetrachloride induced acute liver injury in rats

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Created At

23 Jan 2023