* Hepatoprotective effect of carob against acute ethanol-induced oxidative stress in rat.
- The present study was undertaken to determine whether subacute treatment with aqueous extract of carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) pods (AECPs) protects against ethanol (EtOH)-induced oxidative stress in rat liver. Animals were divided into four groups: control, carob, EtOH and EtOH + carob. Wistar rats were intraperitoneally pretreated with AECP (600 mg/kg body weight (bw)) during 7 days and intoxicated for 6 h by acute oral administration of EtOH (6 g/kg bw) 24 h after the last injection. We found that acute administration of EtOH leads to hepatotoxicity as monitored by the increase in the levels of hepatic marker aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase as well as hepatic tissue injury. EtOH also increased the formation of malondialdehyde in the liver, indicating an increase in lipid peroxidation and depletion of antioxidant enzyme activities as superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase. Subacute carob pretreatment prevented all the alterations induced by EtOH and returned their levels to near normal. Importantly, we showed that acute alcohol increased hepatic and plasmatic hydrogen peroxide and free iron levels. The carob pretreatment reversed EtOH effects to near control levels. These data suggest that carob could have a beneficial effect in inhibiting the oxidative damage induced by acute EtOH administration and that its mode of action may involve an opposite effect on plasma and tissue-free iron accumulation. Indeed, carob can be offered as a food additive to protect against EtOH-induced oxidative damage.
Overview of verb show
The verb show has 12 senses (first 11 from tagged texts)
1. (136) show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate -- (give an exhibition of to an interested
audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington")
2. (63) prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew -- (establish the validity of something, as by an
example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound";
"The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture")
3. (57) testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show -- (provide evidence for; "The blood test
showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence")
4. (43) show -- (make visible or noticeable; "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your
etchings, please")
5. (32) picture, depict, render, show -- (show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country
life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting")
6. (24) express, show, evince -- (give expression to; "She showed her disappointment")
7. (24) indicate, point, designate, show -- (indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either
spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty
parking space"; "he indicated his opponents")
8. (11) show, show up -- (be or become visible or noticeable; "His good upbringing really shows";
"The dirty side will show")
9. (7) read, register, show, record -- (indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The
thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'")
10. (6) show -- (give evidence of, as of records; "The diary shows his distress that evening")
11. (2) usher, show -- (take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; "The usher
showed us to our seats")
12. show -- (finish third or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to show")
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