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NT & RP Journal
RADIOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF LINDEN HONEY IN RAT PERIPHERAL BLOOD
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Vol. XXXIX, No. 1, Pp. 1-87
March 2024
UDC 621.039+614.876:504.06
ISSN 1451-3994

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Pages: 81-87

Authors:
Vesna R. Stojiljković, Ljubica V. Gavrilović, Vojislav D. Stanić, Srboljub J. Stanković, Dragan M. Nikolić, Snežana A. Pejić, and Snežana B. Pajović

Abstract

Radiotherapy affects not only malignant, but also a healthy tissue adjacent to tumor by increasing reactive oxygen species generation, with consequent damage to biomolecules, such as the oxidation of membrane lipids, known as lipid peroxidation. The end product of lipid peroxidation is malondialdehyde. Radioprotectors are compounds that could significantly protect normal cells from radiation, without changing the tumor cell radiosensitivity. Synthetic radioprotectors usually have side effects and are toxic. Natural radioprotectors exert protection without adverse effects. In this study, we examined the radioprotective ability of linden honey in rat blood, by detecting alterations in the activities of antioxidant enzymes catalase and glutathione peroxidase and malondialdehyde concentration after the exposure to a therapeutic dose of gamma rays. Sixteen rats were randomly divided into Control and Honey groups. Honey group received honey (1.5 mL(kgd-1)) orally for four weeks, while at the same time Control group were given distilled water. After four weeks, blood was sampled from all animals. Samples were halved, and one series of samples were gamma irradiated (2 Gy). Radiation induced decreased glutathione peroxidase activity and increased malondialdehyde level, while honey treatment attenuated those alterations, keeping glutathione peroxidase and malondialdehyde at physiological levels. These findings confirm radioprotective properties of linden honey.

Key words: radiotherapy, radioprotection, antioxidant enzyme, malondialdehyde, linden honey

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