Aims: Cyclophosphamide (CP) is a broad-spectrum chemotherapy agent available to treat various malignancies; however, its nephrotoxicity limits clinical use. Formononetin (FOR) bioactive isoflavone with encouraging biological activities. The current study explored and elucidated the possible protective/therapeutic effects of formononetin against CP-induced nephrotoxicity.
 Methodology: Rats...

Background & Aim: Mammea africana sabine (Guttiferae) stembark commonly used traditionally to treat various diseases and ailments was evaluated for nephroprotective activity against paracetamol – induced kidney injury in rats to confirm its use in the treatment of kidney diseases. Experimental:  The nephroprotective effect of the extract was evaluated by the determination of some kidn...

Background & Aim: Mammea africana sabine (Guttiferae) stembark commonly used traditionally to treat various diseases and ailments was evaluated for nephroprotective activity against paracetamol – induced kidney injury in rats to confirm its use in the treatment of kidney diseases. Experimental:  The nephroprotective effect of the extract was evaluated by the determination of some kidn...

Transcription factor Nrf2 regulates production of antioxidants and protects cells from oxidative/electrophilic stresses. Paradoxically, glutathione, one of the Nrf2-regulated antioxidants, has been assumed to promote genotoxicity of KBrO3. To address this glutathione hypothesis, we examined roles Nrf2 plays in the cellular defense against KBrO3-induced oxidative damage using Nrf2-/-, Ogg1-/- an...

introduction: this study evaluated the effects of pretreatments with melatonin (mt), and alpha lipoic acid (ala) on lopinavir/ritonavir (lpv/r) -induced serum levels of creatinine (cr), urea (u), uric acid (ua) and kidney levels of malondialdehyde (mda), superoxide dismutase (sod), glutathione (gsh) and catalase (cat) in male albino rats. effects of treatments with mt and ala were also evaluate...

The ubiquitous tripeptide glutathione (GSH) has previously been shown to be mutagenic to Salmonella typhimurium TA100 when incubated with kidney subcellular fractions at physiological concentrations (Glatt et al., 1983). Here we report that the mutagenic effect of GSH can be inhibited by the use of the gamma-glutamyl-transpeptidase (gamma-GT) inhibitor anthglutin and by the metal chelators bath...

Objectives: To study the effect of oral administration of Piper betle leaf powder suspension on lipid peroxidation and antioxidants in streptozotocin (STZ) diabetic rats. Methods: Male Wistar strain rats were orally administered the leaf suspension of P. betle, (75 and 150 mg/kg body weight) for 30 days. Plasma and erythrocytes were separated out and the liver and kidney were homogenized in ice...