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Online Journal of
Veterinary Research©
Volume 18(1):47-56, 2014. Redacted 2017
Effects of oral Vitamin C on adrenal gland oxidative
stress markers in rats following exposure
to radiofrequency wave from BTS antenna mobile
Abolfazl Akbari¹, Gholamali
Jelodar¹, Saeed Nazifi²
1Department(s)
of Physiology and 2Clinical studies School of Veterinary Medicine,
Shiraz University,
ABSTRACT
Akbari A, Jelodar G, Nazifi S., Effects of
oral Vitamin C on adrenal gland oxidative stress markers in rats following
exposure to radiofrequency wave from BTS antenna mobile, Onl
J Vet Res., 18(1):47-56,
2014. Radio
frequency waves (RFW) generated by base transceiver station (BTS) have been
reported to produce deleterious effects on endocrine system function possibly
through oxidative stress. The effect of gavaged
vitamin C on adrenal antioxidant enzyme markers from male Sprague Dawley rats
exposed to 45 days of radiofrequency waves (RFW)-is reported. Groups of 8 adult male Sprague-Dawley rats
each were either gavaged daily for 45 days vitamin C
with L-ascorbic acid 200 mg/kg of body weight/day
(vitamin C controls), exposed to 900MHz RFW (RFW controls), gavaged vitamin C and
exposed to RFW (treated test group), or given distilled water orally (sham
controls). After exposure, rats were
sacrificed and the adrenal glands were removed
and
stored
at
-70°C.
Adrenal tissue glutathione peroxidase (GPx),
superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and malondialdehyde
(MDA) activity were measured. Results suggested that
exposure
to RFW in the treated test
group
decreased
antioxidant
enzyme
activity
and increased MDA compared
with
the sham
group
(P<0.05).
Key Words:
Radiofrequency wave, BTS, Oxidative stress, Vitamin C, Adrenal gland.
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