The effect of intraperitoneal injection of hydroalcoholic extract of flaxseed on biochemical, hematological and liver enzymes in rats

Medicinal plants have a wide range of applications in various fields, especially in the control of microbial infections, but the discussion of their possible toxicity has caused great concern in the use of these substances in various fields of industry and medicine. This study was performed to clarify some of these ambiguities and to investigate the effect of intraperitoneal injection of flaxseed extract on biochemical, hematological, and hepatic factors in rats.

In this experimental study, 15 female spiral rats were randomly divided into 5 groups. The first group was the sham group, the second group was the control group, and the third to fifth groups as experimental groups with concentrations of 200, 400, and 600 mg/ml of flaxseed extract were treated, respectively. The mice were treated for 10 days, then on the eleventh day the mice were anesthetized with ether and blood samples were taken from their hearts. Then biochemical parameters, blood, and lactate dehydrogenase, and plasma levels of liver enzymes were evaluated.

The results of this study did not show much change in biochemical factors except cholesterol and triglycerides which showed a significant decrease in the extract-treated groups. Blood factors did not show significant changes but increased in high concentrations of liver enzymes.

Intraperitoneal injection of flaxseed extract has no effect on blood factors and many biochemical factors in mice, but high concentrations of the extract can affect liver enzymes.