Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Baku University, Baku, Azerbaijan

Received: 23 February 2017                    Accepted: 01 April 2017                  Published: 01 June 2017

 10.22034/MBT.2017.60380                                                                   XML Files


Abstract

Oxidative stress is associated with increased production of oxidizing species (from reactive oxygen species or transition metals) or a significant decrease in the effectiveness of antioxidant defense. Aluminum toxicity was investigated using antioxidant status in serum of male Wistar albino rats. Antioxidants studied in this work include superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione S- transferase (GST). The results  show that specific activities of SOD and GST significantly increased (P<0.05) and decreased (P<0.05) in the test animals given 0.38, 3.8, and 38 mg/kg body weight as  compared to the control after days 7 and 14 respectively. The results suggest that aluminum intoxication mobilizes antioxidants indicating possible oxidative stress.

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