Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 - Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran

2 Materials and Nuclear Fuel Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

3 Young Researchers and Elite Club, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

Abstract

In the current study, the effect of usage of caraway powder and its essential oils at the dose of 0.2% (w/w) were studied on colon cancer prevention induced by dimethyl hydrazine (DMH) through the estimation of biochemical parameters including catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) enzymes, glutathione (GSH), lipid peroxidation (LP) and ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP) as well as histopathological changes. The results showed that the levels of GSH and FRAP were increased and SOD activity was decreased by DMH. Even though caraway powder and its essential oils failed to alter the tested biochemical parameters, histopathological analysis indicated improved effects in carcinogenesis. Therefore, the results demonstrated that the chemopreventive effects of the treatments were due to the other metabolic pathways than oxidative stress/antioxidant systems.

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