Abdelkader, A., Awadalla, E., Mohamed, Z., El-Baga, S. (2022). Protective Role of Curcumin against Aluminum Induced Cerebral Cortical Toxicity in Rats. Aswan University Journal of Environmental Studies, 3(2), 235-248. doi: 10.21608/aujes.2022.128607.1062
Abdelkader Mohamed Abdelkader; Eatemad Ahmed Awadalla; Zeinab Mohamed; Safinaz E. El-Baga. "Protective Role of Curcumin against Aluminum Induced Cerebral Cortical Toxicity in Rats". Aswan University Journal of Environmental Studies, 3, 2, 2022, 235-248. doi: 10.21608/aujes.2022.128607.1062
Abdelkader, A., Awadalla, E., Mohamed, Z., El-Baga, S. (2022). 'Protective Role of Curcumin against Aluminum Induced Cerebral Cortical Toxicity in Rats', Aswan University Journal of Environmental Studies, 3(2), pp. 235-248. doi: 10.21608/aujes.2022.128607.1062
Abdelkader, A., Awadalla, E., Mohamed, Z., El-Baga, S. Protective Role of Curcumin against Aluminum Induced Cerebral Cortical Toxicity in Rats. Aswan University Journal of Environmental Studies, 2022; 3(2): 235-248. doi: 10.21608/aujes.2022.128607.1062
Protective Role of Curcumin against Aluminum Induced Cerebral Cortical Toxicity in Rats
1Professor of Neurophysiology, zoology department, faculty of science, Aswan university
2Zoology Dep. , Faculty of Science, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt
3Zoology department, Faculty of Science, Aswan University, 81582 Aswan, Egypt
Abstract
Aluminum (Al) is one of the most poisonous metallic elements commonly used. Aluminum is the third most common element and the most common metal on the earth's surface, after oxygen and silicon. Aluminum is one of the most neurotoxic metals which cause oxidative damage. Medicinal plants have been used to treat various pathologies, and bioactive substances are now extracted from plants in therapeutic science. Curcumin (Cur) is a beneficial antioxidant and neuroprotective agent. The goal of this study was to see if curcumin could protect the brain against aluminium toxicity. Seventy adult male albino rats were used in the present study and divided into two main groups 20 days and 40 days each main group subdivided into 5 groups includes: control, vehicle (DMSO), Cur, Al and Al+Cur group. Administration lasted for 20 and 40 days. Nitric oxide (NO) level was estimated and specimens from brain cortex were taken for histopathological studies. The results showed that Aluminum administration exhibited a marked increase in nitric oxide levels and histopathological alterations. Overall, curcumin attenuated the elevation in NO levels and the morphological disturbances caused by aluminum.
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