Effect of silymarin on sodium fluoride-induced toxicity and oxidative stress in rat cardiac tissues

An Acad Bras Cienc. 2012 Dec;84(4):1121-6. doi: 10.1590/s0001-37652012005000056. Epub 2012 Sep 6.

Abstract

This study aim to evaluate the protective effect of silymarin on sodium fluoride-induced oxidative stress in rat cardiac tissues. Animals were pretreated with silymarin at 20 and 10 mg/kg prior to sodium fluoride consumption (600 ppm through drinking water). Vitamin C at 10 mg/kg was used as standard antioxidant. There was a significant increase in thiobarbituric acid reactive substances level (59.36 ± 2.19 nmol MDA eq/g tissue) along with a decrease in antioxidant enzymes activity (64.27 ± 1.98 U/g tissue for superoxide dismutase activity and 29.17 ± 1.01 µmol/min/mg protein for catalase activity) and reduced glutathione level (3.8 ± 0.15 µg/mg protein) in the tissues homogenates of the sodium fluoride-intoxicated rats. Silymarin administration to animals before sodium fluoride consumption modified the levels of biochemical parameters.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antioxidants / therapeutic use*
  • Ascorbic Acid / therapeutic use*
  • Heart / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Oxidative Stress / drug effects*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Silymarin / therapeutic use*
  • Sodium Fluoride / toxicity*

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Silymarin
  • Sodium Fluoride
  • Ascorbic Acid