PROTECTIVE AND THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF OLIVE OIL AND FICUSCARICA ON THEHISTOLOGICAL ANDCYTOLOGICAL INJURIESOF LIVER AND KIDNEY IN -IRRADIATED MALE ALBINO RATS
The present study was designed to determine the possible protective and therapeutic effects of olive oil and/or Ficus carica against radiation-induced cytological and histological changes in liver and Kidney of male albino rats. Irradiation was performed by whole-body exposure of rats to an acute single dose gamma radiation of 6 Gy. Irradiated rats received, via gavage, extra virgin olive oil (7.6 ml/kg b.wt), and/or extract of Ficus carica fruit (1 g/kg b.wt) before and/or after radiation exposure. Six rats were sacrificed on the 1st and 15th-day post-irradiation exposure at the control and treated irradiated subgroups. Time duration for this experiment was one month. The γ-Irradiation treated group revealedhisto pathological alterations in the hepatic and renal tissues on the 1st and 15th-day post-irradiation as compared to the control rats. The administration of the olive oil and/or Ficus carica showed beneficial results against the deleterious effects of γ-irradiation. A better ameliorative effect was noticed with the combined treatments that revealed the synergistic effect between them. In conclusion, the administration of the olive oil and/or Ficus carica provides considerable radioprotective and radiotherapeutic effects against whole body γ-radiation in male Wistar albino rats.
Gafar, A., Khalifa, M., & Elshaer, F. (2018). PROTECTIVE AND THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF OLIVE OIL AND FICUSCARICA ON THEHISTOLOGICAL ANDCYTOLOGICAL INJURIESOF LIVER AND KIDNEY IN -IRRADIATED MALE ALBINO RATS. Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science, 29(Issue 2-C), 69-88. doi: 10.21608/absb.2018.33820
MLA
Ahmed A. Gafar; Mahmoud A. Khalifa; Fathy Elshaer. "PROTECTIVE AND THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF OLIVE OIL AND FICUSCARICA ON THEHISTOLOGICAL ANDCYTOLOGICAL INJURIESOF LIVER AND KIDNEY IN -IRRADIATED MALE ALBINO RATS". Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science, 29, Issue 2-C, 2018, 69-88. doi: 10.21608/absb.2018.33820
HARVARD
Gafar, A., Khalifa, M., Elshaer, F. (2018). 'PROTECTIVE AND THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF OLIVE OIL AND FICUSCARICA ON THEHISTOLOGICAL ANDCYTOLOGICAL INJURIESOF LIVER AND KIDNEY IN -IRRADIATED MALE ALBINO RATS', Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science, 29(Issue 2-C), pp. 69-88. doi: 10.21608/absb.2018.33820
VANCOUVER
Gafar, A., Khalifa, M., Elshaer, F. PROTECTIVE AND THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF OLIVE OIL AND FICUSCARICA ON THEHISTOLOGICAL ANDCYTOLOGICAL INJURIESOF LIVER AND KIDNEY IN -IRRADIATED MALE ALBINO RATS. Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science, 2018; 29(Issue 2-C): 69-88. doi: 10.21608/absb.2018.33820