Garlic (Allium sativum L.) as a potential antidote for cadmium and lead intoxication: cadmium and lead distribution and analysis in different mice organs

Biol Trace Elem Res. 2007 Winter;120(1-3):227-34. doi: 10.1007/s12011-007-8017-3.

Abstract

Analysis and distribution of Pb and Cd in different mice organs including liver, kidney, spleen, heart and blood were evaluated after treatment with different aqueous concentrations of garlic (12.5-100 mg/l). Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) was used for analysis of Pb and Cd in these organs. Treatment of Cd-Pb exposed mice with garlic (12.5-100 mg/l) reduced Pb concentrations by 44.65, 42.61, 38.4, 47.56, and 66.62% in liver, kidney, heart, spleen and blood respectively. Moreover, garlic reduced Cd levels by 72.5, 87.7, 92.6, 95.6, and 71.7% in liver, kidney, heart, spleen and blood respectively. The suppressed immune responses in mice pretreated with Cd-Pb mixture were reversed by 48.85, 55.82, 81.4 and 90.7 in the presence of 100, 50, 25, and 12.5 mg/ml of garlic extract.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibody Formation / drug effects
  • Cadmium / pharmacokinetics*
  • Cadmium Poisoning / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Garlic*
  • Lead / pharmacokinetics*
  • Lead Poisoning / drug therapy*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Phytotherapy*
  • Plant Extracts / therapeutic use
  • Tissue Distribution / drug effects

Substances

  • Plant Extracts
  • Cadmium
  • Lead