Hematological and Biochemical parameters study of female albino rats treated with lamotrigine drug

Authors

  • Gawhar Ahmed Shekha
  • Kalthum Asaaf Maulood

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25130/tjps.v24i3.365

Abstract

The present study was aimed to investigate the possible effects of the anti-epileptic drug lamotrigine (LTG) on some haematological and biochemical parameters in adult female rats. Forty-eight female rats were divided into three groups (each group=16). Group one can be considered as a control group, group two and three administrated lamotrigine drugs orally at a dose of 3.57mg/kg body weight and 7.14mg/kg body weight for 7,14,21,28 day and all groups fed with standard rat feed. The results showed that there were significant (P≤0.05) changes in haematological parameters in group two and three when compared with the control group during all period except the mean level of corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC). The liver enzyme aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) and serum urea, creatinine with calcium, potassium, sodium and chloride ion showed significant alteration in the treated group, the relative organ weight showed significant changes in group two and three in comparison with control group during 7,14,21 and 28 days. Estradiol level in group three increased at 7, 14 and 21 day and decreased at 28 days of treatment when compared with group two and the control group. This study suggested that treatment of healthy female albino rats with therapeutic doses of lamotrigine drug for 28 days generally affect on included parameters in this study.

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Published

2019-05-09

How to Cite

Gawhar Ahmed Shekha, & Kalthum Asaaf Maulood. (2019). Hematological and Biochemical parameters study of female albino rats treated with lamotrigine drug. Tikrit Journal of Pure Science, 24(3), 23–30. https://doi.org/10.25130/tjps.v24i3.365