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AI InsightDue to these healing effects of curcumin, it is recommended in many areas as an antioxidant.
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Abstract
The toxic effects that occur in many patients receiving chemotherapy seriously affect the liver. Cisplatin used in many types of cancer causes hepatotoxicity by increasing oxidative stress in the liver. Curcumin is a compound with antioxidant, antifibrogenic and anticarcinogenic features. Due to these healing effects of curcumin, it is recommended in many areas as an antioxidant. In this study, the effect of the antioxidant properties of curcumin on the liver of rats given cisplatin was investigated. For this purpose, 26 adult male Wistar Albino rats were divided into 4 groups. Control group rats were given DMSO for 6 days. Curcumin group rats were given intraperitoneally 200mg/kg curcumin for 6 days. In the Cisplatin + Curcumin group, 200 mg/kg curcumin intraperitoneally was given daily for 6 days and a single dose of 20 mg/kg cisplatin intraperitoneally was given on the 3rd day only. On the 7th day, after the animals were sacrificed, liver tissue was taken for light and electron microscopy analysis. As a result, it showed that cisplatin causes steatosis in hepatocytes, congestion in sinusoids and portal areas even when administered acutely. Cisplatin is thought to cause these effects by increasing oxidative stress in the liver. Curcumin was observed to be alleviating hepatotoxic effects cisplatin which was revealed by both light and electron microscopic findings.