Assessment of the role of thymol in combating chromium (VI)-induced oxidative stress in isolated rat erythrocytes in vitro
2016
Abd-Elhakim, Yasmina M. | Mohamed, Wafaa A.M.
Thymol, the main phenolic compound in Thymus vulgaris , has been shown to have various biological effects. The main objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of thymol on counteracting hexavalent chromium-induced oxidative damage in rat erythrocytes in vitro . The radical scavenging activity of thymol was examined using the 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl assay. Erythrocytes resistance to oxidative damage, lipid peroxidation, osmotic pressure, hemolysis as well as morphological alterations were evaluated in the presence of 2.5 µg thymol mL ⁻¹ with or without 5 µmol hexavalent chromium mL ⁻¹ of the incubation media. Results from the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl assay denoted good radical scavenging activity of thymol. Thymol caused a significant increase in superoxide dismutase and catalase activities and reduced glutathione content in erythrocytes intoxicated with hexavalent chromium. In contrast, the presence of thymol resulted in markedly less-elevated malondialdehyde levels, hemolysis, and destabilization of erythrocytes exposed to hexavalent chromium. Microscopically, thymol markedly reduced hexavalent chromium-induced morphological alterations in rat red blood cells. Conclusively, thymol counteracted hexavalent chromium-induced oxidative damage in rat erythrocytes.
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