Author(s)

Shiza Batool, Iftikhar Ahmed, Muhammad Sarwar, Hafeez ul Hassan

Assistant Biochemistry Department, Aziz Fatima medical and Dental College, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Professor Biochemistry Department, Baqai Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Professor Chemical Pathology Department, Al Jouf University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Professor Physiology Department, Baqai Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan..

Increase uric acid levels have been found in oxidative stress. Urate radicals do not react with oxygen to form another peroxy radical, thus increasing the efficacy of uric acid as an antioxidant. Therefore, this study is designed to measure the level of uric acids and find out the relationship of uric acid with superoxide dismutase in induced hyperuricemic model. Forty male albino rats with an average weight of 180 ± 2 g were selected. The rats were grouped. The animals were fed on standard diet and given tap water ad libitum until treatment. Albino rats were divided into four groups. Group A(10)-control given only standard diet, group B(10) fed on 60% fructose with standard diet , group C(10) fed on fructose, standard diet and intraperitonially oxonic acid 250 mg/kg and group D (10) only on injection intraperotonially oxonic acid 250 mg/kg. At the end of study 10 mL of blood was drawn from heart of rats. Then blood was estimated for superoxide dismutase and uric acids done by kit methods randox-manual/Rx monza UA230/UA 233. Results: In Group C superoxide dismutase was found to be 32 % (244 mg/dL ± 2.23) more than control. In the same group the uric acid concentration was highly significantly correlated with control. Conclusion: The uric acid concentration increases when we take fructose up to 60% in our diet. It also increases superoxide dismutase concentration. More than this value may have inverse effect on the uric acid level and its role as an antioxidant may become inversed.

Uric Acid; Superoxide Dismutase; Albino Rats; Fructose Induced Hyperuricemia

S. Batool, I. Ahmed, M. Sarwar and H. Hassan, "Relationship of Uric Acid with Superoxide Dismutase (Sod) in Induced Hyperuricemic Rat Model," Pharmacology & Pharmacy, Vol. 3 No. 4, 2012, pp. 404-408. doi: 10.4236/pp.2012.34054.