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ArticleVeterinary world2021

Aflatoxicosis in Pekin duckling and the effects of treatments with lycopene and silymarin.

Sahar M El-Sheshtawy, Amal F El-Zoghby, Nesreen A Shawky, Dalia H Samak

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Article in Veterinary world, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Research Progress on Lycopene in Swine and Poultry Nutrition: An Update.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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  8. Restoring Activity of Milk Thistle (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sahar M El-SheshtawyToxicology Animal Health Research Institute, Tanta Branch, Agriculture Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Amal F El-ZoghbyAnimal Health Research Institute, Tanta and Zagazig Branch, Agriculture Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Nesreen A ShawkyAnimal Health Research Institute, Tanta and Zagazig Branch, Agriculture Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Dalia H SamakDepartment of Veterinary Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Egypt.
Damanhour University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimAflatoxins (AFs) are potent toxic metabolites produced from MATERIALS AND

methodsThe study used one hundred and twenty one-day-old Pekin ducklings and classified them into four groups comprising 30 ducklings in each group. The control group (G1) ducklings were fed a mycotoxin-free ration, and G2 received a naturally contaminated ration with 30 ppb of AFs. G3 and G4 consumed contaminated rations with AFs with 30 ppb for 2 weeks and were treated with lycopene 100 mg/kg or silymarin 600 mg/kg/food, respectively, for 10 days. Serum activities of alanine transaminase and alkaline phosphatase (ALP), glutamyl transferase, ALP, total protein and albumin creatinine and uric acid concentrations, oxidant/antioxidant parameters (malondialdehyde [MDA], total antioxidant capacity (TAC), glutathione S-transferase (GST), and catalase [CAT]), and hepatic AFs residue were determined. Lycopene and silymarin were used for the treatment of aflatoxicosis for another 10 days.

resultsHepatic and kidney parameters were elevated in the AFs intoxicated group and reduced in the lycopene- and silymarin-treated groups. They had elevated MDA and AFs residues with decreased antioxidant parameters (TAC, GST, and CAT) in the AFs group. At the same time, treatment with lycopene or silymarin had reversed the action of AFs on MDA, elevated the hepatic residue, and improved antioxidant activity.

conclusionLycopene and silymarin, with their potent antioxidant activity, can be used to reverse the harmful effects of AFs on hepatic and kidney tissue.

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aflatoxinsaspergilluscreatininehepatickidneylycopenemycotoxicosisoxidative stresspekin ducklingresiduesilymarin

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PMID33935429
PMCPMC8076458
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