Effects of flour bleaching agent on mice liver antioxidant status and ATPases
2011
Jia, Xiaojing | Wu, Yangxinwei | Liu, Ping
Benzoyl peroxide (BPO) is a strong oxidizing agent and widely used as flour bleaching agent. However their potential risk of liver damage is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of BPO on mice liver antioxidant status and ATPases according to the actual amount of BPO in flour from Jinan, China. The results showed that the maximum concentration of BPO reached up to 284.6mg/kg and content of BPO mainly ranged from 0 to 240mg/kg. Therefore, four groups of mice were gavaged daily with BPO at doses of 0, 50, 100, 200mg/kg b.w./d for 42 days, respectively. In liver tissue, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity was significantly decreased, while the content of malondialdehyde (MDA) significantly increased following BPO exposure at 200mg/kg b.w. BPO significantly decreased the Mg²⁺-ATPase and Ca²⁺-ATPase activities of the liver at 200mg/kg b.w. BPO, at all of the doses assayed, produced non-significant effects on glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and Na⁺K⁺-ATPase activities. Experimental results suggested that BPO had certain adverse effects on antioxidant status and the activities of Mg²⁺-ATPase and Ca²⁺-ATPase of liver tissue.
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