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Biochemical Studies in The Effect of Nitrite Ion in Pre-chlorinated Drinking Water in Sohag Governorate on Male Albino Rats and Treatment with Vitamin C

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Last updated: 29 Dec 2024

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Biochemistry

Abstract

The presence of nitrites in groundwater may be a sign of sewage pollution. Drinking water typically has nitrite concentrations below 0.1 mg L-1. To examine the effect of nitrites on the liver of male albino rats that were affected by nitrite dosages, and then to evaluate the ameliorative effect of vitamin C on the liver of male albino rats, this study intends to measure the nitrite concentrations in groundwater in Sohag governorate, Egypt. 60 albino adult male rats were placed into 4 groups, each group contains 15 animals: T1: standard nutrition (Control group), T2: Drinking water containing (>0.2 mg L-1 nitrite) group. T3: Sodium nitrite (300 mg/kg of body weight) group, T4: Sodium nitrite followed by vitamin C (300 mg/kg of body weight) daily for 3 months. At the end of the experiment, all rats were sacrificed to collect blood samples and then evaluated aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), albumin, total antioxidant capacity (TAC), and catalase, which showed a significant difference between animal groups especially elevation of hepatic parameters and decrease of antioxidant parameters in T3. The results of the biochemical analysis of the nitrite group and vitamin C group showed that there is a significant improvement in all parameters measured in the vitamin C group compared to the nitrites group.

DOI

10.21608/sjsci.2023.227690.1112

Keywords

Drinking water, Nitrite ion, Rats, vitamin c, Sohag Governorate, Egypt

Authors

First Name

Nagwa

Last Name

El-Sawi

MiddleName

Mohammed

Affiliation

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt

Email

elsawinagwa@yahoo.com

City

Sohag

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First Name

Mostafa

Last Name

Redwan

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt

Email

mostafa.redwan@science.sohag.edu.eg

City

Sohag

Orcid

0000-0002-2263-5344

First Name

Metwally

Last Name

Mahfouz

MiddleName

Kotb

Affiliation

Biochemistry Department, Agricultural Research Center, Sohag, Egypt

Email

metwallykotb@yahoo.com

City

Sohag

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Elkholy

MiddleName

Eid

Affiliation

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt

Email

mohamed1eid2elkholy3@gmail.com

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-

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Volume

9

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

44506

Issue Date

2024-06-01

Receive Date

2023-08-07

Publish Date

2024-03-01

Page Start

133

Page End

139

Print ISSN

2357-0938

Online ISSN

2974-4296

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https://sjsci.journals.ekb.eg/article_332232.html

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Sohag Journal of Sciences

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Biochemical Studies in The Effect of Nitrite Ion in Pre-chlorinated Drinking Water in Sohag Governorate on Male Albino Rats and Treatment with Vitamin C

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29 Dec 2024