Kandil, A., M.S, G., Moustafa, M., Mohamed, N. (2015). The Effect of Clarithromycin Administration on Pregnant Albino Rats during the Cleavage Period of Gestation and on Their Embryos. test, 61(1), 499-513. doi: 10.12816/0018754
Asmaa M. Kandil; Gabri M.S; Maiada Moustafa; Nehad Mohamed. "The Effect of Clarithromycin Administration on Pregnant Albino Rats during the Cleavage Period of Gestation and on Their Embryos". test, 61, 1, 2015, 499-513. doi: 10.12816/0018754
Kandil, A., M.S, G., Moustafa, M., Mohamed, N. (2015). 'The Effect of Clarithromycin Administration on Pregnant Albino Rats during the Cleavage Period of Gestation and on Their Embryos', test, 61(1), pp. 499-513. doi: 10.12816/0018754
Kandil, A., M.S, G., Moustafa, M., Mohamed, N. The Effect of Clarithromycin Administration on Pregnant Albino Rats during the Cleavage Period of Gestation and on Their Embryos. test, 2015; 61(1): 499-513. doi: 10.12816/0018754

The Effect of Clarithromycin Administration on Pregnant Albino Rats during the Cleavage Period of Gestation and on Their Embryos

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 15, Volume 61, Issue 1, October 2015, Pages 499-513    PDF (1.31 M)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.12816/0018754
Authors
Asmaa M. Kandil1; Gabri M.S2; Maiada Moustafa2; Nehad Mohamed2
1Pharmacology Dep., National Organization for Drug Control and Research (NODCAR).
2Zoology and Entomology department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University
Abstract
 Background: Clarithromycin is a macrolide antibiotic used to treat common infections including respiratory tract, skin and Helicobacter pylori. This work investigates whether the administration of clarithromycin to pregnant females during the cleavage phase of gestation was associated with a risk of miscarriages and offspring morphological malformation and skeletal anomalies, histological changes and DNA fragmentation of embryos and liver of pregnant rats.
Two major groups of pregnant albino rats were used. The animals of the control group received distilled water from the 1st to 7th days of gestation.One subgroup (C1) was sacrificed on the 8th day; and the other (C2) was sacrificed on the 20th day of gestation. The treated group was drenched 45 mg/kg clarithromycin (therapeutic dose) suspension from 1st to 7th day of gestation. The first subgroup (T1) was sacrificed on the 8th day and the other (T2) was sacrificed on the 20th day of gestation.
Results: The obtained results showed a decrease in maternal body weight gain, increase in the rate of abortion, resorption and growth retardation of fetuses and some malformation in the skeletal system of the treated group. Histopathological studies of pregnant and fetal rats revealed congestion and dilatation of the central vein, fatty degeneration of the hepatocytes and severe DNA fragmentation.
 
Keywords
Macrolides; clarithromycin; cleavage phase; Teratology; skeletal malformation; rat and liver histopathology; germ layers; DNA fragmentation
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