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Mitigating Oxandrolone-Induced Cardiac and Hematological Changes with Bee Venom: Insights from Adult Female Rat Studies

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Anabolic androgens are used under medical supervision in treating certain diseases. Athletes up-use them to increase strength and endurance due to their lean body and muscle-building activities but this is prohibited to prevent their side effects. Nowadays females are interested in fantastic shapes affected by social media which encourages them to consume such androgens, especially oxandrolone. This research investigated possible bee venom antagonistic mechanisms to protect and cure body organs and functions against oxandrolone consumption adverse effects. Bee venom is selected due to its natural and unique components with many health-beneficial effects. Through this research oxandrolone overconsumption over time in female rats increased cardiac and ovarian tissue hypertrophy leading to their malfunction confirmed by significantly elevated (p≤0.05) cardiac serum function tests, increased plasma male sex hormone associated with decreased female sex hormones significantly (p≤0.05) in comparison with healthy group. Oxandrolone intake also increased the hematopoiesis to unpredictable levels. Oxandrolone initiated cardiac and ovarian lipolysis, oxidative and serum inflammatory status which arrested anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory (heme oxygenase-1 and nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2) pathways that were confirmed by their gene expression. Contrary bee venom-treated groups in (a protective, curative, and co-administered) manner improved all biochemical and genetic deteriorations caused by oxandrolone consumption significantly (p≤0.05) via antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities with the most significant improvement recorded in the protective group.

DOI

10.21608/eajbsz.2024.350399

Keywords

oxandrolone, Bee venom, biochemical, Genetic, Alterations

Authors

First Name

Alyae

Last Name

Gabal

MiddleName

M.S.

Affiliation

Biochemistry and Nutrition Department, Faculty of Women for Arts, Science and Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

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alyeesalah@women.asu.edu.eg

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Egypt

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0000-0001-8191-3191

First Name

Gehan

Last Name

Morsy

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Biochemistry and Nutrition Department, Faculty of Women for Arts, Science and Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

morsy_gehan@yahoo.com

City

Egypt

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First Name

Bakinam

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Ali

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Biochemistry and Nutrition Department, Faculty of Women for Arts, Science and Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

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Egypt

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16

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1

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45186

Issue Date

2024-06-01

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2024-03-12

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2024-04-20

Page Start

115

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128

Print ISSN

2090-0759

Online ISSN

2090-0821

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https://eajbsz.journals.ekb.eg/article_350399.html

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672

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Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, B. Zoology

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https://eajbsz.journals.ekb.eg/

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Mitigating Oxandrolone-Induced Cardiac and Hematological Changes with Bee Venom: Insights from Adult Female Rat Studies

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24 Dec 2024