* Toxicity associated with repeated administration of artemether-lumefantrine in rats.
- Chemotherapy remains an important approach in the fight against malaria. Artemether-lumefantrine combination is widely in use due to its effectiveness against Plasmodium falciparum. Misuse in the form of multiple repeated doses of this anti-malaria drug is rampant in Nigeria. This study was designed to assess the hepatotoxic and clastogenic potential of extreme misuse of artemether-lumefantrine in rats. Graded doses of artemether-lumefantrine (1-5 mg/kg body weight) were administered by oral gavage for 6 weeks, twice daily, for 3 consecutive days per week. Artemether-lumefantrine, at all doses, did not have significant effects on the body and relative liver weight of treated group compared to the negative control group. The mean γ-glutamyltransferase, alanine, and aspartate aminotransaminase activity in groups of artemether-lumefantrine treated rats were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than that of the negative control group indicating that repeated administration of artemether-lumefantrine may be hepatotoxic. Findings from histological analyses of liver cross-section support the enzyme pattern of hepatoxicity. In addition, the drug, at all experimental doses, significantly induced (p < 0.05) formation of micronucleated polychromatic erythrocytes in the bone marrow cells of the treated rats compared with the negative control indicating clastogenic potential of the drug when misused.
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Overview of noun due
The noun due has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) due -- (that which is deserved or owed; "give the devil his due")
2. due -- (a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership); "the society dropped him for
non-payment of dues")
Overview of adj due
The adj due has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (6) due -- (owed and payable immediately or on demand; "payment is due")
2. (1) due -- (scheduled to arrive; "the train is due in 15 minutes")
3. due -- (suitable to or expected in the circumstances; "all due respect"; "due cause to honor
them"; "a long due promotion"; "in due course"; "due esteem"; "exercising due care")
4. ascribable, due, imputable, referable -- (capable of being assigned or credited to; "punctuation
errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain";
"the oversight was not imputable to him")
Overview of adv due
The adv due has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. due -- (directly or exactly; straight; "went due North")
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