The Effects of Mercury and Cadmium Administered in Subcutaneous Tissue on Enzymatic Activity and lipidperoxidation
Heavy metals like Mercury and Cadmium cause various kinds of toxicities in the organs of Liver and Kidney. To observe the results of toxicity in the liver, kidney, and serum when the rats were injected subcutaneously with HgCl2 and CdCl2 and sacrificed after 24 hours and 72 hours from the last injection, we measured variation of lipidperoxide values in rat liver homogenate, variation of aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase in rat serum. Variation of lipidperoxide values in rat kidney homogenate and variation of BUN in rat serum.
It was found that Mercury and Cadmium administered subcutaneously to the skin in the air could cause the damages of liver and kidney.