International Journal of Biotechnology and Allied Fields
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue: 6

Genotoxic Effects of Alprazolam in White Albino Rats

  • Author:
  • MN Al-Terehi1,, MAK Al-Saadi2, AH Mugheer3, AH Al-Saadi4, HK Zaidan4
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • Page Number: 345 to 354

1College of Science, Kufa University, Iraq

2College of Medicine, University of Babylon, Iraq

3College of Basic education, University of Babylon, Iraq

4University of Babylon-College of Science, Iraq

*Corresponding Author: E Mail: mona_diabetis@yahoo.com

Online published on 28 February, 2017.

Abstract

Anti-depression drugs become modern commonly used in last decades used as anxiolytic and anticonvulsant dieses, the present study aimed to evaluation cytotoxic and genotoxic accumulation effect of alprazolam in white albino rats using cytogenetic assays like chromosome malformation, cells proliferation, plastindex and micronuclei formation in bone marrow cells of rats. The results show that drugs cause increased in aberration of chromosomes, plast cells and micronuclei formation. Also causes decreased in cell proliferation compare with negative andpositivecontrols.

Keywords

Alprazolam, Chromosome Malformations, Cells Proliferations, Plastindex, Micronuclei Formation