Hematopoietic effect of echinochrome on phenylhydrazine-induced hemolytic anemia in rats
Hemolytic anemia (HA) is a serious health condition resulting from reduced erythrocytes' average life span. Echinochrome (Ech) is a dark-red pigment found in shells and spines of sea urchins. Studying the potential therapeutic effect of Ech on phenylhydrazine (PHZ)-induced HA in rats. Eighteen...
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Published in: | PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) Vol. 11; p. e16576 |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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08-12-2023
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Summary: | Hemolytic anemia (HA) is a serious health condition resulting from reduced erythrocytes' average life span. Echinochrome (Ech) is a dark-red pigment found in shells and spines of sea urchins.
Studying the potential therapeutic effect of Ech on phenylhydrazine (PHZ)-induced HA in rats.
Eighteen rats were divided into three groups (
= 6): the control group, the phenylhydrazine-induced HA group and the Ech group, injected intraperitoneally with PHZ and supplemented with oral Ech daily for 6 days.
Ech resulted in a considerable increase in RBCs, WBCs, and platelets counts, hemoglobin, reduced glutathione, catalase, and glutathione-S-transferase levels, and a significant decrease in aspartate & alanine aminotransferases, alkaline phosphatase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, bilirubin, creatinine, urea, urate, malondialdehyde & nitric oxide levels in anemic rats. Histopathological examination of liver and kidney tissue samples showed marked improvement.
Ech ameliorated phenylhydrazine-induced HA with a hepatorenal protective effect owing to its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. |
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ISSN: | 2167-8359 2167-8359 |
DOI: | 10.7717/peerj.16576 |