Protective Effect Of The Antioxidant Butylated Hydroxytoluene (Bht) On Some Physiological And Biochemical Variables Of Male Rats Exposed To Stress By Starvation.

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT) on some physiological and biochemical parameters of rats subjected to stress by starvation, and 56 mature males were divided into eight groups.(Control, Olive Oil, Starvation, BHT Concentration (100 mg/kg), BHT Concentration (50 mg/kg), Starvation + BHT concentration (100 mg/kg), starvation + BHT concentration (50 mg/kg), starvation + olive oil. The results showed that the olive oil group and BHT groups at a concentration (50, 100 mg/kg) There was no significant difference in most of the treatments within the studied variables. In contrast, the starvation group showed a significant decrease in the concentration of (Total protein, Albumin, Lipase Enzyme, Lactate Dehydrogenase Enzyme (LDH), and Total Antioxidant Capacity (TAC). The control group, while the starvation + BHT group, did not show a concentration (100,50 mg/kg) Significant difference compared with the control group in all the variables as mentioned earlier, which shows clearly the protective effect of BHT against the negative effect of starvation by maintaining its concentrations within its normal level. Keywords: BHT; Starvation; Total Protein; Albumin; Lipase Enzyme; LDH; TAC.