Histological changes in the pancreas of white rats after administering cephalexin and ethanol

Ann Univ Mariae Curie Sklodowska Med. 2002;57(1):167-73.

Abstract

The research was conducted on male Wistar rats weighing approximately 200 g. Animals of experimental group I were administered 20% ethyl alcohol for drinking, animals of experimental group II--cephalexin in the dose of 42 mg daily, animals of experimental group III--simultaneously alcohol and cephalexin in the mentioned doses. After 10 days the animals were guillotined and pancreas was taken for research. On paraffin sections 7 mu thick there were carried out H + E stain and PAS reaction aimed at discovering neutral mucopolysaccharides. After administering alcohol there was stated a decrease in the activity of exocrime cells and after administering of cephalexim--an increase in this activity. A simultaneous administration of ethyl alcohol and antibiotic causes trophic changes, which can be noticed as introductory, but at this stage--reversible, degenerative changes.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / toxicity*
  • Cephalexin / toxicity*
  • Connective Tissue / drug effects
  • Connective Tissue / pathology
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Drug Interactions
  • Ethanol / toxicity*
  • Male
  • Pancreas / drug effects*
  • Pancreas / pathology
  • Pancreatitis / chemically induced*
  • Pancreatitis / pathology
  • Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / pathology*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Ethanol
  • Cephalexin