Monosodium Glutamate Plus Artemether-lumefantrine Overdose Altered Malondialdehyde, Total Protein and Albumin Concentration in Rats

Anthony Cemaluk Chinedum Egbuonu; Emmanuel Obi; Chinedu P Nwuke; Cynthia Uchechi Simon; Justina Utodinachi Oleghibe; Nnaemeka Raymond Ezenwafor; Ebere Mercy Chukwu

doi:10.21467/ajgr.7.1.70-79

Authors

Anthony Cemaluk Chinedum Egbuonu Department of Biochemistry, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5974-415X
Emmanuel Obi Department of Biochemistry, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria
Chinedu P Nwuke Department of Biochemistry, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria
Cynthia Uchechi Simon Department of Biochemistry, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria
Justina Utodinachi Oleghibe Department of Biochemistry, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria
Nnaemeka Raymond Ezenwafor Department of Biochemistry, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria
Ebere Mercy Chukwu Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21467/ajgr.7.1.70-79

Abstract

This study aimed at assessing alterations in malondialdehyde, MDA, total protein and albumin concentration in the serum and liver homogenate of monosodium glutamate (MSG)-challenged rats co-treated with artemether-lumefantrine, AL. Methods involving colourimetric estimation were employed in thirty rats randomly grouped into six (n = 5) and for seven consecutive days, fed feed and water (Group A), AL therapeutic dose (Group B), AL overdose (therapeutic dose × 5) (Group C), MSG (8000 mg/kg body weight) (Group D), AL therapeutic dose plus MSG (Group E) or AL overdose plus MSG (Group F). Total protein concentration (2.64±0.09 g/dL, 2.81±0.14g/dL, respectively) in the liver homogenate of rats exposed to MSG (group D) or MSG plus AL overdose (group F) and malondialdehyde concentration in the liver homogenate of MSG plus AL overdose-fed rats (0.45±0.04 mg/ml) lowered (P<0.05) as against other groups. However, serum albumin concentration in MSG (2.59±0.13 g/dl) or AL overdose plus MSG (3.24±0.12 g/dl) fed rats was higher (P<0.05) compared to the control (2.02±0.04 g/dl). The Total protein: Albumin ratio lowered while the Albumin: total protein ratio increased in rats in MSG, AL overdose plus MSG or AL overdose groups compared with the control. Thus, the apparent MSG plus AL overdose-induced adverse influence on the studied parameters and samples of non-malarial infested rats could be via compromised liver-mediated protein metabolism capacity and bio-functions following possibly enhanced protein-malondialdehyde adduct formation in the rats.

Keywords:

Artemesinin-based, therapeutic dose, liver homogenate, malondialdehyde, albumin, total protein

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