Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of alpha-lipoic acid protect against valproic acid–induced liver injury
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Bibliographic record
Abstract
Valproic acid (VPA) is one of the most used antiepileptic drugs despite of its many adverse effects such as anemia, leucopenia, thrombocytopenia, and liver toxicity. The hepatoprotective effect of alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) was confirmed. The aim of this study was to detect the protective effect of ALA against the adverse effects of VPA. To study this, 30 white albino Wistar male rats were divided into four groups. Group I was the control group; Group II included rats that received ALA (100 mg·kg −1 ·day −1 ) orally for 14 days; Group III and Group IV included rats that received VPA (500 mg·kg −1 ·day −1 ) for 15 days intraperitoneally, but Group IV rats received ALA (100 mg·kg −1 ·day −1 ) orally for 14 days prior to VPA. Blood samples were collected and livers were excised from rats for colorimetric analysis and quantitative real-time PCR. The rats that received VPA showed leucopenia, thrombocytopenia, a significant decrease of superoxide dismutase, glutathione, nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2, and sirtuin 1, besides a significant increase of malondialdehyde and tumor necrosis factor α. Prior treatment with ALA prevented all these results; ALA protected against VPA-induced liver damage and hematological disturbance via antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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