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Effect of Ginger and Turmeric Extracts Enhanced Formula on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Induced by Oxy-Tetracycline in Wistar Rats

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Last updated: 09 Mar 2025

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Biochemistry

Abstract

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) represents a significant health burden globally, with increasing prevalence rates paralleling the rise in obesity and metabolic syndrome. Turmeric and ginger are natural substances with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and other medicinal properties. This study investigates the therapeutic effects of ginger and turmeric ethanolic extracts individually and after enhancement of bioavailability through the addition of phospholipids and piperine on oxytetracycline-induced fatty liver. The effect of these extracts was compared to the effect of fenofibrate (hypolipidemic medication). The experiment was conducted using thirty-five Wistar rats, divided into seven groups (five rats per group). Group 1: (the Negative control group) was fed on the basal diet only and the other six groups were fed on basal diet and intraperitoneal oxytetracycline injection (120 mg/kg/body weight daily) for three consecutive days to induce non-alcoholic fatty liver induction. followed by different treatments. Group 2: (The positive control group) was fed basal diet + intraperitoneal oxytetracycline injection (120 mg/kg/body weight daily) for three consecutive days only. Group 3: was treated with (100 mg/kg) of Fenofibrate. Groups 4 and 5: were treated with (500 mg/kg) of ginger and turmeric ethanolic extracts, individually. Groups 6 and 7: were treated with the mixture consisting of (500 mg/100 mg/3 mg) of ginger and turmeric ethanolic extracts individually, phospholipids, and piperine. The extracts for all treated groups will be administered orally through a gastric tube day after day for 30 days. Serum liver function, serum and hepatic lipid profile, and histological changes were assessed. The results indicated that all groups treated with ginger and turmeric enhanced formulation through piperine and phospholipids showed a significant decrease in liver enzyme activities, bilirubin total, direct and indirect, triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and VLDL. At the same time, HDL-cholesterol has significantly increased especially in the turmeric-enhanced formula. Results suggest that the enhanced bioavailability formulations of turmeric and ginger exhibit promising therapeutic potential comparable to fenofibrate in mitigating NAFLD.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2024.300649.9942

Keywords

Keywords: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Ginger, Turmeric, Phospholipid, Piperine, Oxytetracycline, fenofibrate

Authors

First Name

Magdy

Last Name

Tawfik

MiddleName

Fouad

Affiliation

Agricultural Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

magdy_osman@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

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-

First Name

Yasmin Sayed

Last Name

Hussein

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Agricultural Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

yasminsayed@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Farouk

Last Name

Moawad

MiddleName

Guindi

Affiliation

Agricultural Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

faroukguindi@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Amany

Last Name

Hasanin

MiddleName

Helmy

Affiliation

Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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amany_hasanin@med.asu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Walaa

Last Name

Baher

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-

Affiliation

Department of Histology & Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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walaa_baher@med.asu.edu.eg

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Cairo

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-

First Name

Mawada

Last Name

Abou El-Khair

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Biotechnology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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mawada772@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Nashwa

Last Name

El-Khazragy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Clinical Pathology-Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt , Ain Shams Medical Research Institute (MASRI), Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, Department of Genetics and Moleculear Biology, Egypt Center for Research and Regenerative Medicine (ECRRM), Cairo, Egypt

Email

nashwaelkhazragy@med.asu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0001-6646-4674

First Name

Salwa M.

Last Name

El-Sayed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Agricultural Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

salwa_sedeek@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-2597-3461

Volume

68

Article Issue

3

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53789

Issue Date

2025-03-01

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2024-07-04

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2025-03-01

Page Start

629

Page End

642

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_372232.html

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297

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Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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

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Effect of Ginger and Turmeric Extracts Enhanced Formula on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Induced by Oxy-Tetracycline in Wistar Rats

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25 Feb 2025