Nassar Ayoub Abdellatif Omar1, 2,
Amal Nor Edeen Ahmad Allithy3, 4,
Hussam Baghdadi5,
Mohammed Zolaly6,
Mohamed Abdel-haleem7,
Manal Mohamed Helmy8, 9,
Mongi Mohamed Ahmed Ayat5, 10,
Salah Mohamed El Sayed5, 11,
1Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Clinical Pharmacy, Taif University, KSA
2Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Egypt
3Department of Pathology, Al-Ghad International Medical Sciences Colleges, Al-Madinah, KSA
4Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Egypt
5Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Taibah Faculty of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia
6Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Taibah College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia
7Department of ear, nose and throat surgery, Taibah Faculty of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia
8Department of Pediatrics, Sohag Teaching Hospital, Sohag, Egypt
9Division of Pediatric cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Maternity and Children Hospital, King Abdullah Medical City, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
10Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, 6th October University, Cairo, Egypt
11Department of Medical Biochemistry, Sohag Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Egypt
American Journal of Cancer Prevention.
2016,
Vol. 4 No. 3, 36-40
DOI: 10.12691/ajcp-4-3-1
Copyright © 2016 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Nassar Ayoub Abdellatif Omar, Amal Nor Edeen Ahmad Allithy, Hussam Baghdadi, Mohammed Zolaly, Mohamed Abdel-haleem, Manal Mohamed Helmy, Mongi Mohamed Ahmed Ayat, Salah Mohamed El Sayed. Hepatoprotective Effects Exerted by Propolis against Doxorubicin-induced Rat Liver Toxicity: A Biochemical and Histopathological Study.
American Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2016; 4(3):36-40. doi: 10.12691/ajcp-4-3-1.
Correspondence to: Salah Mohamed El Sayed, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Taibah Faculty of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia. Email:
salahfazara@yahoo.comAbstract
Doxorubicin (DOX) is a currently used broad spectrum anticancer agent used to treat many cancer types. DOX belongs to anthracycline group of cytotoxic drugs. Unfortunately, DOX induces many side effects e.g. cardiotoxicity, hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity. In this experimental study, we assessed the protective potential of honey bee propolis against DOX-induced side effects. Thirty Sprague Dawley male rats (weighing about 200-220 g) were included in our study and divided into three equal experimental groups: group I (untreated control), group II (DOX-treated rats) that received 25 mg/kg DOX by intraperitoneal (i.p) injection for three consecutive days and group III where animals received both DOX and propolis oral propolis (250 mg/kg for 30 consecutive days). By the end of experimental time, all animals were sacrificed on the 30th day where blood samples and tissue sections were collected for detection of the biochemical and histopathological changes. Our data revealed that propolis evidently resulted in hepatoprotective effects against DOX-induced toxicity in rats liver. It can be concluded that propolis provides partial protection against DOX-induced hepatotoxicity.
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