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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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