Therapeutic value of frankincense and myrrh In liver recovery after exposure to aflatoxin b1 | ||
| Bulletin of Egyptian Society for Physiological Sciences | ||
| Article 27, Volume 27, Issue 1, June 2007, Pages 425-436 PDF (609.38 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/besps.2007.37183 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Taha Kumosani* 1; Jehad Yousif2; Omayma Abou Zeid2 | ||
| 1Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University | ||
| 2Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Girl's Collage of Education, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Frankincense, (Gum Olibanum), and Myrrh, (Commiphora merrha), are of plant resins produce by the Burseraceae family, growing in Somali, India and Yemen. They were known for thousands of years as one of hoarding in the east. In order to study the therapeutic value of such resins on liver recovery after exposure to aflatoxin B1, it was administrated intra- peritoneal to male Wister Albino rats for 10 days, after which Frankincense and Myrrh, (each one alone), were given in the form of water extract to rats for 20 days. At the end of the study blood from all experimental animals was analyzed for some biochemical parameters including glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol, urea, uric acid, creatinine, bilirubin, hemoglobin and some key liver enzymes as asparate amino transferase (AST), alanine amino transferase (ALT), gamma- glutamyl transferase (GGT). Liver tissue samples were analysed for their content of total proteins, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), ribonucleic acid (RNA) and in addition to histopathological examination. This study demonstrated that Frankincense and Myrrh are of certain therapeutic recovery value in liver after exposure to AFB1. | ||
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