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1Department of Physiology, Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur 586108, Karnataka, India. kkdas@alameenmedical.org
Abstract:
We studied the effect of oral treatment with ascorbic acid (50 mg/100 g body weight) on nickel sulfate-induced (2.0 mg/100 g body weight, i.p.) alteration of nucleic acids and total protein concentration in the liver of Wistar strain male albino rats. Nucleic acids and total protein concentrations in treated rats decreased significantly when compared with untreated controls. The simultaneous administration of ascorbic acid with nickel sulfate resulted in a remarkable improvement of nucleic acids and total protein concentrations in liver in comparison with rats treated with nickel sulfate only. The results indicate that nickel influences the expression of genetic information by reducing hepatic DNA, RNA, and protein concentration in animals. Simultaneous treatment with ascorbic acid was beneficial for fighting against nickel-induced hepatoxicity.
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