Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2025-76-3955
Protective effects of chlorogenic acid against glyphosate-induced organ and blood toxicity in Wistar rats
Ruhi Türkmen
orcid.org/0000-0003-4726-3900
; Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Yavuz Osman Birdane
orcid.org/0000-0003-0754-7909
; Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Orkun Atik
; Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Hasan Huseyin Demirel
; Afyon Kocatepe University Bayat Vocational School, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Durmus Fatih Baser
; Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Sažetak
Glyphosate, a widely used herbicide against broadleaf weeds and grasses, has been associated with various harmful effects. Our study examines the efficacy of chlorogenic acid (CGA) in alleviating the toxicity of a glyphosate-based herbicide (GBH) in 42 Wistar rats across six groups of seven animals receiving either no treatment (control), CGA alone (50 mg/kg), GBH alone (800 mg/kg), or their combinations varying three CGA doses (12.5, 25, or 50 mg/kg) (CGA12.5+GBH, CGA25+GBH, and CGA50+GBH, respectively) by oral gavage over 49 days in a row. At the end of the experiment, samples of blood, brain, heart, liver, and kidney tissues were collected and analysed for oxidative stress indicators (MDA, GSH, SOD, CAT), oxidative DNA damage (8-OHdG), liver and kidney function markers (AST, ALT, ALP, urea, and creatinine) as well as for histopathological changes. As expected, GBH increased AST ALT, ALP, urea, creatinine, 8-OHdG, and MDA levels, and lowered GSH levels and SOD and CAT activities, leaving histopathological changes in the brain, heart, liver, and kidney tissues. CGA dose-dependently improved biochemical and oxidative stress parameters and reversed histopathological changes in GBH-treated albino rats. Our findings consistently confirm the potential of CGA as a promising natural agent against the adverse health effects associated with exposure to glyphosate. Future research should focus on long-term glyphosate exposure and CGA treatment using molecular methods and on the signalling pathways associated with oxidative stress.
Ključne riječi
8-OHdG; ALP; ALT; AST; blood; brain; CAT; CGA; creatinine; DNA damage; GSH; heart; herbicides; histopathology; kidney; liver; MDA; oxidative stress; SOD; urea
Hrčak ID:
329437
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Datum izdavanja:
26.3.2025.
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