Mostafa M.H. Osfor
Departments of Clinical Nutrition and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, KSA
Ahmed M. Ashshi
Departments of Clinical Nutrition and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, KSA
Naser A. El- Sawy
Departments of Clinical Nutrition and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, KSA
Abdullah G. Alkushi
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, KSA
Naeem F.H. Qusty
Departments of Clinical Nutrition and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, KSA
El-Sayed H. Bakr
Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Home Economics, Minufiya University, Egypt
Haifa M.H. Hijazi
Department of Plant Protection, National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
Ibrahim M. El- Nabarawy
Department of Plant Protection, National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
ABSTRACT
The effect of insecticides contaminating honey on nutritional and biochemical parameters were investigated in male albino rats. Administration of honey containing malathione and dimethoate at levels of 0.003±0.24 and 0.006±0.02 ppm, respectively, significantly decreased body weight of the animals. These levels also significantly decreased the weight of testis, epididymis and suprarenal gland, while it significantly increased the weight of the parenchymatous organs (heart, liver, kidney and spleen). Serum levels of triglycerides, albumin, total protein, alanine transaminase (ALT), creatinine and bilirubin were significantly increased, while there were non-significant differences in levels of cholesterol, aspartate transaminase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (AP), urea and glucose. These results suggest that further studies should be conducted on various nutritional, biochemical, physiological, hormonal and immunological parameters to confirm the adverse impact of insecticide contaminated honey on animals and humans. Moreover, intensive studies are required on the types and levels of honey flavonoids and their impact against harmful action of the insecticides. Additional studies should also be conducted on different vegetables and fruits that could be contaminated with different insecticides and other contaminants.
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Mostafa M.H. Osfor, Ahmed M. Ashshi, Naser A. El- Sawy, Abdullah G. Alkushi, Naeem F.H. Qusty, El-Sayed H. Bakr, Haifa M.H. Hijazi and Ibrahim M. El- Nabarawy, 2016. Nutritional and Biochemical Parameters of Honey Contaminated with Insecticide Residues in Male Albino Rats. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 15: 696-701.
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2016.696.701
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2016.696.701
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2016.696.701
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2016.696.701
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