Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology Insights(TAPI)

Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

Publications

• Experimental Article   
  The Impact of Using Ammi Visnaga On the Recovery of Induced Liver Injury by Waterpipe Smoking
  Author(s): Ahed J Alkhatib* and Suha Khaiery Ababneh
  
  The main objectives of this study were to explore the impacts of waterpipe smoking on liver injury as indicated by liver function tests ALT, AST, and LDH from one side, and to investigate the potential use of Ammi visnaga to remedy the liver induced injury. The methodology involved establishing animal smoking model, in which rats were chronically exposed to waterpipe smoking by digital smoking machine. Animals were randomly assigned into 3 groups: control group (N=8), waterpipe smoking group (N=8), and waterpipe smoking and Ammi visnaga group (N=8). One-month recovery was applied after the experiment had finished, it is a cessation period of waterpipe smoking for one month. Liver injury was assessed by carrying out liver function tests ALT, AST, and LDH. Study findings showed that waterpipe smoking significantly increased the levels of ALT from 51±3.2 U/L in control group to 76.. Read More»
  

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