Effect of energy drink on blood, liver and kidney functions in male albino rats

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of energy drinks on blood parameters, and liver and kidney function markers in rats. Twelve male rats were used the animals were divided into four groups each group consisting of three animals. The rats experiment were exposed to three levels of tiger energy drink exposure: mild, moderate and high tiger energy drink (0.3, 1.2 and 4.3 ml/100 g body weight/day) for 30 days. The study found that there was a significant (P≥0.05) elevation in the total leukocyte count of rats treated with a moderate and high dose of tiger energy drink compared with the control group. The results recorded that significant elevation in the percentage of lymphocytes of rats treated with a moderate and high dose of tiger energy drink compared with the control group. Moreover, the study found that there was a significant (P≥0.05) elevation in total red blood corpuscles, hemoglobin , PCV and MCV of rats treated with a high dose of tiger energy drink compared with the control group. Moreover, the study found that there was a significant (P≥0.05) elevation in total red blood corpuscles, hemoglobin, PCV and MCV of rats treated with high doses of tiger energy drink compared with low doses. The study elucidated that significant increment (P≥0.05) in serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and alanine aminotransferase catalase (ALT) for rats treated with a low moderate and high dose of tiger energy drink compared to the control group. Also, the result of the current study recorded that significant increase  (P≥0.05)  in serum urea in rats treated with low, moderate and high doses of tiger energy drink compared to the control group.