چکیده (انگلیسی):

Either during gestation or lactation, the experimental mouse dams received one of the
following treatments: (a) diet free of pesticide; (b) diet enriched with atrazine (ATZ);
31.0 g kg−1; (c) diet free of pesticide + oral vitamin E (-tocopherol; 200 mg kg−1 per
mouse); and (d) diet enriched with ATZ (31.0 g kg−1) + oral vitamin E (200 mg kg−1 per
mouse). At the weaning, pups and dams were killed and selected organs and blood samples
were collected for analyses. Compared with the control results, ATZ induced alteration in
a number of biochemical and histopathological parameters either in the dams or their offspring.
The ameliorative effect of vitamin E, based on estimating the “Ameliorative Index;
AI” to malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) ranged between 0.95 and
1.06 (≈1.0) for the dams and the pups either in gestational or lactational exposure routes.
In general, the mouse pups were more vulnerable to ATZ toxicity than their mothers and
exposure during gestation was suggested to be more effective than during lactation. The
findings may support the need to further investigating the adverse effects of exposure to
low doses of commonly used pesticides, especially during pregnancy and breast-feeding as
well as effects on newborn child.