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Ameliorative Effect of Cinnamon against Hypercholesterolemia Induced by High-Fat Diet in The Adult Male Albino Rat's Adrenal Gland; Histological, Ultrastructural, and Immunohisto

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Obesity is a global health issue of great concern. It leads to hyperplasia, hypertrophy of adipocytes, and metabolic complications including coronary artery disease, and cerebrovascular disease. The effectiveness of cinnamon zeylanicum as a medicinal herb comes from its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. The purpose of this study was to assess the potential beneficial effects of cinnamon on adrenal toxicity caused by a high-fat diet in male albino rats. Four equal groups of the experimental animals were used, the control group, the cinnamon group, the high-fat diet group, the high-fat diet, and the cinnamon group. Animals fed cinnamon showed similar results with the control group. The adrenal cortex sections of high-fat diet-fed animals showed different degenerative changes in all layers of the adrenal gland, cortex, medulla, and corrugation of the capsule. Ultra structurally, a lot of adrenal cortical cells appeared with irregular pyknotic nuclei, swollen mitochondria, dilated sER, and numerous lipid droplets with variable shapes and sizes. Moreover, a significant rise in the immunohistochemical expression of cytochrome c in a large number of cortical cells was observed. On the contrary, animals given cinnamon and a high-fat diet exhibited noticeable improvement in the structure of the adrenal gland, and the immunohistochemical expression of cytochrome c was observed in the third group. The histological structure of the adrenal gland appeared to be mostly the same as the control one. Cinnamon has a potential effect in improving adrenal toxicity against a high-fat diet because of the natural constituent capable of its pharmaceutical effects.

DOI

10.21608/eajbsz.2024.344611

Keywords

Adrenal gland, Cinnamon, histology, Ultrastructure, Cytochrome c

Authors

First Name

Eman

Last Name

Kandil

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H.

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Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Shebin EI-Kom 32551, Egypt.

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eman.hosney@science.menofia.edu.eg

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Egypt

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Samah

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Arisha

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M.

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Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Shebin EI-Kom 32551, Egypt.

Email

arishasamah@yahoo.com

City

Egypt

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First Name

Mona

Last Name

Saif

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E.

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Histology Department, Egyptian Drug Authority.

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monaelsayededa@gmail.com

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Egypt

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16

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1

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45186

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2024-06-01

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2024-01-10

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2024-03-10

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47

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64

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2090-0759

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2090-0821

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Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, B. Zoology

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Ameliorative Effect of Cinnamon against Hypercholesterolemia Induced by High-Fat Diet in The Adult Male Albino Rat's Adrenal Gland; Histological, Ultrastructural, and Immunohisto

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24 Dec 2024