Determination of protective effectiveness of nerium oleander distillation in doxorubicin-induced organ damages

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate that effect of Nerium oleander (NO) distillate on doxorubicin-induced oxidative damage and other side effects. Materials and Methods: NO leaves were collected, distillated and lyophilized. In the current research, 28 rats were divided into 4 groups; Control, Doxorubicin (3 mg/kg, every other day, intraperitoneally), NO (1 mg/kg, SID, PO) and Doxorubicin (3 mg/kg, every other day, intraperitoneally) + NO (1 mg/kg, SID, PO). All treatments were performed 11 days. At 24 hours after the last administration, blood samples were taken from the hearts under general anesthetizes, and euthanized immediately. Also, heart, liver and kidney were taken and homogenized. Tissue thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) levels, serum biochemical and hemogram values were measured by ELISA, autoanalyzer and blood cell counter, respectively. Results: Heart TBARS values of the doxorubicin group were lower (P Conclusions: It may be stated that levels of NO distillate used in the current research do not prevent the doxorubicin caused side effects.

Keywords

• doxorubicin
• nerium oleander
• side effect