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Abu-Zinadah O, Rahmy T, Alahmari A, et al. Effect of melittin on mice stomach. Saudi J Biol Sci. 2013;21(1):99-108doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2013.08.002.
Abu-Zinadah, O., Rahmy, T., Alahmari, A., & Abdu, F. (2014). Effect of melittin on mice stomach. Saudi journal of biological sciences, 21(1), 99-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2013.08.002
Abu-Zinadah, Osama, et al. "Effect of melittin on mice stomach." Saudi journal of biological sciences vol. 21,1 (2014): 99-108. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2013.08.002
Abu-Zinadah O, Rahmy T, Alahmari A, Abdu F. Effect of melittin on mice stomach. Saudi J Biol Sci. 2014 Jan;21(1):99-108. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2013.08.002. Epub 2013 Aug 12. PMID: 24596505; PMCID: PMC3937462.
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Saudi J Biol Sci. 2014 Jan;21(1):99-108. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2013.08.002. Epub 2013 Aug 12.

Effect of melittin on mice stomach.

Saudi journal of biological sciences

Osama Abu-Zinadah, Tarek Rahmy, Abeer Alahmari, Faiza Abdu

Affiliations

  1. Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  2. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
  3. Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 24596505 PMCID: PMC3937462 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2013.08.002

Abstract

Melittin, the main bee venom component, has many positive biological effects and a relatively low toxicity in various cell types. However, there is no evidence of the effect of melittin on gastrointestinal cells. In the present study, we investigated the histological and immuonohistochemical effects of melittin on mice stomach. Adult male mice (Albino Swiss) were randomly divided into two groups (7 mice for each group): control group and melittin only treated group (10 and 40 μg/kg). These mice were sacrificed, then samples from the stomach were collected and prepared for histopathological studies by using alcian blue stain and immuonohistochemical studies by using smooth muscle actin (SMA) antibody. Treatment with melittin alone do not cause any harmful effect on the stomach tissue where the microscopic examination of Alcian blue stained section showed the normal distribution of the mucous secreting cells of the stomach tissues. On other hand, no changes were observed on smooth muscle cells. This study demonstrated the safety of using melittin on gastrointestinal tissues if used in definite dose and for suitable duration, which offers an opportunity for its use as a treatment for many diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

Keywords: Gastrointestinal tract; Melittin; SMA

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