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Effects of Quercetin, Vitamin C and E on PCB Exposed Ventral Prostatic Zinc Content of Albino Rats


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Effects of quercetin, vitamin C and E on PCB exposed ventral prostaitc zinc content were studied in adult albino rats, a group of 20 rats were treated with Aroclor 1254 (2 mg/kg bwt/day/IP) for 30 days. Five rats were treated as PCB control. The remaining 15 rats were subdivided into the following subgroups of five animals each. They were given vitamin C (500 mg/kgbwt/day/oral) for 10 days; vitamin E (50 mg/kg bwt/day/oral) for 10 days; quercetin (2 mg/kg bwt/day/oral) for 10 days.
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P. Venkataraman
Department of Endocrinology, Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Taramani Campus, Chennai-600113, India
M. Sridhar
Department of Endocrinology, Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Taramani Campus, Chennai-600113, India
S. Dhanammal
Department of Endocrinology, Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Taramani Campus, Chennai-600113, India
P. Murugesan
Department of Endocrinology, Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Taramani Campus, Chennai-600113, India
J. Arunakaran
Department of Endocrinology, Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Taramani Campus, Chennai-600113, India
N. Srinivasan
Department of Endocrinology, Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Taramani Campus, Chennai-600113, India
M. M. Aruldhas
Department of Endocrinology, Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Taramani Campus, Chennai-600113, India

Abstract


Effects of quercetin, vitamin C and E on PCB exposed ventral prostaitc zinc content were studied in adult albino rats, a group of 20 rats were treated with Aroclor 1254 (2 mg/kg bwt/day/IP) for 30 days. Five rats were treated as PCB control. The remaining 15 rats were subdivided into the following subgroups of five animals each. They were given vitamin C (500 mg/kgbwt/day/oral) for 10 days; vitamin E (50 mg/kg bwt/day/oral) for 10 days; quercetin (2 mg/kg bwt/day/oral) for 10 days.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18519/jer%2F2003%2Fv7%2F99231