The Protective Role of Ginger in Limiting the Effect of Stressed Food with Microwaves Radiation on some Placental Hormones on Pregnant White Mice | ||
| Rafidain Journal of Science | ||
| Article 2, Volume 25, Issue 4, August 2014, Pages 13-25 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/rjs.2014.88654 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Janan H. Abdul-Fattah; Noor S. Al-Taee | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was conducted to investigate the effects of the consumption of stressed food with microwaves radiation on some placental hormones in pregnant mice and the role of ginger Zingiber officinale in reducing this effect. 100 Mus musculus pregnant mice at age (10-14) week and (25±2)gm weight, were divided into 10 groups, included control and nine experimental groups, 10 micegroup. Ginger was used as aqueous extract with concentration (1000mgkg) body weight. The period of treatment 18 days starting from the 1st day until the 18th day of pregnancy. Animals anesthetized and drawn (2ml) of blood from the orbital eye to measure the concentration of estrogen and progesterone hormone in blood serum. The results showed that stressed food with microwaves radiation causes decreasing of estrogen concentration and an increase in progesterone concentration in blood serum in comparison with the control group. While the treatment with aqueous extract of ginger was efficient in limiting the effects of stressed food with radiation as increasing in estrogen concentration and decrease in progesterone concentration comparing with the groups treated with the stressed food with radiation. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| ginger; microwaves; estrogen hormone; progesterone hormone | ||
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