Echinacea purpurea root extract mitigates hepatotoxicity, genotoxicity, and ultrastructural changes induced by hexavalent chromium via oxidative stress suppression
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024•Springer
Environmental and occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium (CrVI) is mostly
renowned as a possible hepatotoxic in mammals. Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench, a
phenolic-rich plant, is recurrently used for its therapeutic properties. Therefore, this
investigation was done to explore whether E. purpurea (EP) root extract would have any
potential health benefits against an acute dose of CrVI-induced oxidative damage and
hepatotoxicity. Results revealed that GC–MS analysis of EP root extract has 26 identified …
renowned as a possible hepatotoxic in mammals. Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench, a
phenolic-rich plant, is recurrently used for its therapeutic properties. Therefore, this
investigation was done to explore whether E. purpurea (EP) root extract would have any
potential health benefits against an acute dose of CrVI-induced oxidative damage and
hepatotoxicity. Results revealed that GC–MS analysis of EP root extract has 26 identified …
Abstract
Environmental and occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium (CrVI) is mostly renowned as a possible hepatotoxic in mammals. Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench, a phenolic-rich plant, is recurrently used for its therapeutic properties. Therefore, this investigation was done to explore whether E. purpurea (EP) root extract would have any potential health benefits against an acute dose of CrVI-induced oxidative damage and hepatotoxicity. Results revealed that GC–MS analysis of EP root extract has 26 identified components with a significant amount of total phenolic and flavonoid contents. Twenty-four Male Wistar rats were divided into four groups: control, EP (50 mg/kg BW/day for 21 days), CrVI (15 mg/kg BW as a single intraperitoneal dosage), and EP + CrVI, respectively. Rats treated with CrVI displayed a remarkable rise in oxidative stress markers (TBARS, H2O2, PCC), bilirubin, and lactate dehydrogenase activity, and a marked decrease in enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants, transaminases, and alkaline phosphatase activities, and serum protein level. Also, CrVI administration induced apoptosis and inflammation in addition to histological and ultrastructural abnormalities in the liver tissue. The examined parameters were improved significantly in rats pretreated with EP and then intoxicated with CrVI. Conclusively, EP had a potent antioxidant activity and could be used in the modulation of CrVI-induced hepatotoxicity.
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