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The Protective Effects of Olive (Olea oleaster) Leaves Extract on Male Rats Exposed to Cadmium Toxicity

The Protective Effects of Olive (Olea oleaster) Leaves Extract on Male Rats Exposed to Cadmium Toxicity

Fatimah A. Al-Saeed 

Department of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia.

*Correspondence | Fatimah A. Al-Saeed, Department of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia; Email: falsaed@kku.edu.sa  

Figure 1

Serum concentrations of creatinine, blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and uric acid were shown in Fig. 1A, B and C, respectively. Four groups were assigned for different treatment throughout 6 weeks as; G1: Control (CTL), G2: Cd, G3: Olive leaves’ extract plus Cd (OLE+Cd), G4: OLE. All data were expressed as mean ± SD for 10 animals (n=10). Letters on bars (a, b, ab) denote significance difference at P<0.05. 

Figure 2 A-D

Serum concentrations of the lipid peroxidation marker; malondialdehyde (MDA), catalase (CAT), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) were shown in Fig. 2A, B and C, and D, respectively. Other explanations were given in Fig. 1. 

Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences

May

Vol. 12, Iss. 5, pp. 802-993

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