Changes in Brain, Liver and Kidney Lipid Peroxidation, Antioxidant Enzymes and ATPases of Rabbits Exposed to Cadmium Ocularly

This study examined the effect of supplementing rabbit diet with Palm Oil (PO) on lipid peroxidation, antioxidant enzymes and ATPases of the brain, liver and kidney in ocular cadmium toxicity. New Zealand male rabbits were randomly assigned to 4 groups of 5 rabbits in a study that lasted for 4 weeks. A control group was given deionised water as eye drops and the other groups of rabbits were given eye drops of solution of 2 mg kg super(-1) body wt. cadmium (as 3CdSO sub(4).8H sub(2)O). The control and a test group were fed with the normal chow and animals in the other test groups were fed with the chow fortified with either 5% or 10% palm oil. Treatment of the rabbit with cadmium significantly (p