• Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.56-66
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• 1995

This study was performed to investigate the effects of Ethanol on the lead poisoning in rats. For this experiment, 48 male Sprague-Dawley strain were used. The experimental groups were divided into six: a normal control(Control), 200 mg/kg b.w. lead(Pd), 5% ethanol(E5), 10% ethanol(E10), 200 mg/kg b.w. lead plus 5% ethanol(PE5) and 200 mg/kg b.w. lead plus 10% ethanol(PE10). Lead was dissolved in the distilled water and administered orally. Ethanol was given with drinking water ad libitum. The rats were allocated to each group by 8 and sacrificed for 5 weeks. The results were as follows: 1. The mean body weight of each group were increased constantly in all groups during experimental period, but the values of ethanol treatment groups were higher than that of control (Control), lead treatment group(Pb) (P<0.01). 2. Compared to Control and Pb, the relative weight of liver and brain were increased in all the ethanol fed groups. But the relative weight of organs were not observed significantly. 3. The lead concentration of organs were high in the group treated with lead(Pb, PES, PE10) (P<0.01), and PE5, PE10 were high compared with Pb in brain especially(P<0.01). However, no statistical significance were showed between PE5 and PE10. 4. The concentration of serum ALT was increased by lead plus ethanol (PE5, PE10) significantly (P<0.01). 5. The concentration of Hematocrit, hemoglobin, WBC and RBC were not observed difference significantly in all groups.