Publication: Time-course effects of ethanol pretreatment on hepatic necrosis and fat accumulation induced by aflatoxin B1 in the rat
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1991-01-01
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03784274
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Mahidol University
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Toxicology Letters. Vol.55, No.1 (1991), 1-9
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Chaivat Toskulkao, Pantip Lohakachonpan, Thirayudh Glinsukon Time-course effects of ethanol pretreatment on hepatic necrosis and fat accumulation induced by aflatoxin B1 in the rat. Toxicology Letters. Vol.55, No.1 (1991), 1-9. doi:10.1016/0378-4274(91)90021-W Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/22227
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Time-course effects of ethanol pretreatment on hepatic necrosis and fat accumulation induced by aflatoxin B1 in the rat
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Effect of ethanol pretreatment on acute hepatotoxicity and hepatic fat accumulation induced by aflatoxin B1(AFB1) was followed up to 120 h in male Wistar rats. Pretreatment with 4 oral doses of ethanol (4.0 g/kg body wt. each) at 48, 45, 24 and 21 h prior to AFB1(2.0 mg/kg body wt.) single intraperitoneal administration caused a significant increase in the activity of plasma glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (PGOT, 2.4-fold), plasma glutamic pyruvic transaminase (PGPT, 2.8-fold), liver triglycerides (2.3-fold) and the severity of liver necrosis at 72 h after AFB1administration. The effect of ethanol pretreatment on an increase in the accumulation of liver cholesterol and cholesterol esters induced by afb1is additive in nature. In a time-course study, it was shown that liver necrosis and triglyceride, cholesterol and cholesterol ester accumulation occurred simultaneously in both groups of rats treated with AFB1and ethanol AFB1. These results suggest that fat accumulation per se is not a primary cause of liver necrosis induced by AFB1and ethanol-AFB1. © 1991.