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Phytochemical Compounds Attenuate Nonylphenol Induced Oxidative Stress, Liver injury and Estradiol Disruption: Experimental and Molecular Docking Insights

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Last updated: 15 Feb 2025

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Biochemistry

Abstract

Nonylphenol (NP) is a synthetic xenoestrogen causes sex hormones imbalance and oxidative stress inducer. Resveratrol (RES) and Naringenin (NG) are phytochemicals possessing antioxidant properties and estrogenic activity. This study was conducted to study the toxicity of NP and the mitigating effects of RES and NG on NP toxic impacts in rats. Thirty male rats were classified into 5 groups as follows: 1- Normal control (NC) group, 2- Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) group, 3- NP group, 4- NP+RES and 5- NP+NG. Results revealed that NP treatment significantly decreased the Glutathione (GSH)and sulfhydryl (R-SH) groups content compared to NC group. In addition, significant escalation was observed in the levels of liver functions parameters: aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), except total protein level was decreased compared to NC. Besides, lipid profile parameters, total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL), very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) and triglycerides exhibited significant increase compared to NC, but high density lipoprotein (HDL) level showed significant reduction. All the recorded effects induced by NP treatment were effectively countered by co-treatment with RES or NG. in addition, molecular docking studies were carried out to investigate the interactions between Estradiol, NP, RES, NG and estrogen receptor alpha which provide a possible mechanism for their potential estrogenic activity. Overall, our study contributes to a deeper understanding of the toxic effect of NP on antioxidant capacity, liver and kidney function, blood composition, regulated lipid levels and estradiol disruption. Besides, it underscores the potential therapeutic utility of RES and NG in alleviating these adverse effects.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2024.303355.9995

Keywords

Nonylphenol, xenoestrogen, liver function, Resveratrol, Naringenin, estrogen receptor, Molecular docking

Authors

First Name

Haitham

Last Name

Elewa

MiddleName

Samir

Affiliation

biochemistry department, faculty of agriculture, Ain shams university, Cairo, Egypt

Email

haitham.samir@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

cairo

Orcid

0000-0001-9182-7617

First Name

Dawlat

Last Name

Salama

MiddleName

Ali

Affiliation

biochemistry department, faculty of agriculture, Ain shams university, Cairo, Egypt

Email

dawlat_salama@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

mohamed

Last Name

Hikal

MiddleName

el sayed

Affiliation

biochemistry department, faculty of agriculture, Ain shams university, Cairo, Egypt

Email

mohamed_elsayed4@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

cairo

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-

Volume

68

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

53789

Issue Date

2025-03-01

Receive Date

2024-07-11

Publish Date

2025-03-01

Page Start

613

Page End

628

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_373215.html

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373,215

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Phytochemical Compounds Attenuate Nonylphenol Induced Oxidative Stress, Liver injury and Estradiol Disruption: Experimental and Molecular Docking Insights

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15 Feb 2025