Screening of adaptogens potentially effective in mycotoxicosis

Abstract

Microscopic mold fungi are pathogens invisible to the naked eye that secrete dangerous metabolic products – mycotoxins. When exposed to various factors, mycotoxins can accumulate in plant and animal products. Getting into food and, as a result, into a living organism, they can lead to the appearance of mycoses and mycotoxicoses. The most common T-2 toxin of the Russian Federation territory. Due to the impossibility of completely eliminating microscopic fungi, the search for affordable preventive measures with detoxifying, immunostimulating properties remains relevant and promising. The aim of the study was to select adaptogens of various origins and evaluate their effectiveness in T-2 toxicosis of rats. The research was conducted on the basis of mycotoxin laboratory of the Federal state budgetary institution «Federal center for toxicological, radiation and biological safety» (Kazan). The tested adaptogens were echinacea purpurea grass, humic acids, biogenic stimulant ASD-2, zeolite from the Shatrashan deposit of the Republic of Tatarstan, and dry dead bee’s powder. In the course of work, the use of adaptogens such as echinacea purpurea, zeolite and dead bees turned out to be the most effective in relation to the survival of rats with T-2 toxicosis. The expected effect of a uniform increase in body weight of rats occurred, in turn, in groups of adaptogens with sorption capacity (humic acids, zeolite). The most striking positive picture during hematological examination was observed in groups using zeolite and dead bees. Based on the totality of the results obtained, it was concluded that zeolite and dead bees were the most effective in leveling the negative effects of T-2 toxicosis. The results obtained can become the basis for further development of a preventive complex.