The protective effects of baicalin and chrysin against emamectin benzoate-induced toxicity in Wistar albino rats

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international 2023-04, Vol.30 (18), p.53997-54021
• Main Authors: Tekeli, Muhammet Yasin, Eraslan, Gökhan, Bayram, Latife Çakır, Aslan, Coşkun, Çalımlı, Sinem
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Alanine; Alanine transaminase; Alkaline phosphatase; Animals; Antioxidants; Antioxidants - metabolism; Aquatic Pollution; Aspartate aminotransferase; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Baicalin; Benzoates; Benzoic acid; Biochemical analysis; Biochemistry; Brain; Brain research; Catalase; Chloride; Cholesterol; Creatinine; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental science; Enzymatic activity; Enzyme activity; Enzymes; Flavonoids; Free radicals; Glutathione; Glutathione - metabolism; Glutathione peroxidase; Glutathione reductase; Glutathione transferase; Histopathology; Kidney; Kidneys; L-Lactate dehydrogenase; Lactate dehydrogenase; Lipid peroxidation; Lipids; Lipoproteins; Liver; Male; Nitric oxide; Oils & fats; Oxidative Stress; Parameters; Peroxidase; Poisons; Potassium; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Reductases; Research Article; Salt; Serum proteins; Sodium; Superoxide dismutase; Tissues; Toxicity; Toxicology; Transaminases; Triglycerides; Urea; Uric acid; Veterinary medicine; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control
• ISSN: 1614-7499; 0944-1344; 1614-7499
• DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26110-5

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of baicalin, chrysin and their combinations against emamectin benzoate-induced toxicity in rats. For this purpose, sixty four rats were divided into evenly 8 groups with 6–8-week-old male Wistar albino rats, weighing 180–250 g, in each group. While the first group was kept as a control (corn oil), the remaining 7 groups were administered with emamectin benzoate (10 mg/kg bw), baicalin (50 mg/kg bw) and chrysin (50 mg/kg bw) alone or together for 28 days. Oxidative stress parameters, serum biochemical parameters and blood/tissue (liver, kidney, brain, testis and heart) and tissue histopathology were investigated. Compared to the control group, the emamectin benzoate-intoxicated rats had significantly higher tissue/plasma concentrations of nitric oxide (NO) and malondialdehyde (MDA), as well as lower tissue glutathione (GSH) concentrations and antioxidant enzyme activity (glutathione peroxidase/GSH-Px, glutathione reductase/GR, glutathione-S-transferase/GST, superoxide dismutase/SOD, catalase/CAT). Biochemical analysis showed that emamectin benzoate administration significantly increased serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activities, as well as triglyceride, cholesterol, creatinine, uric acid and urea levels, and decreased serum total protein and albumin levels. The histopathological examination of the liver, kidney, brain, heart and testis tissues of the emamectin benzoate-intoxicated rats demonstrated necrotic changes. Baicalin and/or chrysin reversed the biochemical and histopathological alterations induced by emamectin benzoate on these tested organs. Therefore, baicalin and chrysin (alone or in combination) could offer protection against emamectin benzoate-induced toxicity.