Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL AND PLANT SCIENCES, cilt.35, sa.3, ss.1-15, 2025 (SCI-Expanded)
In this study, the effects of chlorogenic acid (CA), and ethanol extract of Rhabdosciadium anatolyi (R. anatolyi) flowers
on the levels of vitamins (retinol, cholecalciferol and phylloquinone) in the serum of experimentally cyclophosphamide
(CP)-induced rats were investigated. Wistar-albino female rats (N=48) of 8 weeks old (200-250 g) were divided into six
groups of 8 animals each (control (0.9% NaCl), 200 mg/kg CP, 100 mg/kg CA, 300 mg/kg R.anatolyi flowers extract,
200 mg/kg CP + 300 mg/kg R.anatolyi flowers extract and 200 mg/kg CP + 100 mg/kg CA). At the end of the 7-day
study, blood samples were collected from the rats’ heart and serum was extracted. Retinol, cholecalciferol and
phylloquinone levels in the groups were determined simultaneously using simple reversed phase HPLC method.
According to the results of statistical analysis, a significant difference (p<0.01, p<0.05) was observed between the
control group and the groups treated with 200 mg/kg CP and 200 mg/kg CP + 300 mg/kg R. anatolyi flower ethanol
extract, respectively. In addition, a significant difference (p<0.01) in cholecalciferol levels between control and 200
mg/kg CP groups was detected. However, no statistically significant difference (p>0.05) was observed between the
groups in phylloquinone levels. It is concluded that CP causes free radical damage by causing oxidative stress, and
retinol, is more effective and more resistant in the antioxidant defense system compared to cholecalciferol and
phylloquinone.