ACTA FARMACEUTICA BONAERENSE, vol.42, no.12, pp.2417-2422, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)
SUMMARY. Alcohol consumption can have dramatic effects on organs and tissue cells, with kidneys being some of the most affected organs. This study investigates the effect of lycopene on ethanol-induced oxidative kidney damage in rats. Albino Wistar rats were randomly divided into three groups. The first group served as the healthy group (HG), receiving distilled water as a solvent; the second group was the ethanol group (EtON), receiving only ethanol; the third group received both lycopene and ethanol (LEt). While ethanol ad-ministration increased malondialdehyde (MDA), total oxidant status (TOS), and oxidative stress index (OSI) levels, it caused a decrease in total glutathione (tGSH) and total antioxidant status (TAS) levels. Also, ethanol caused histopathological damage to the kidney. It has been observed that lycopene inhibits ethanol-induced biochemical and histopathological changes in kidney tissue. Lycopene inhibited the change in the oxidant-anti-oxidant balance towards oxidants under ethanol treatment and prevented ethanol-associated kidney oxidative damage.