Login | Request Account (DAF staff only)

Accumulation, persistence and effects of indospicine residues in camels fed Indigofera plant

Share this record

Add to FacebookAdd to LinkedinAdd to XAdd to WechatAdd to Microsoft_teamsAdd to WhatsappAdd to Any

Export this record

View Altmetrics

Tan, E. T. T., Al Jassim, R., Cawdell-Smith, A. J., Ossedryver, S. M., D'Arcy, B. R. and Fletcher, M. T. (2016) Accumulation, persistence and effects of indospicine residues in camels fed Indigofera plant. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry . ISSN 0021-8561

Full text not currently attached. Access may be available via the Publisher's website or OpenAccess link.

Article Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.6b02707

Abstract

Indospicine (L-2-amino-6-amidinohexanoic acid) is a natural hepatotoxin found in all parts of some Indigofera plants such as I. linnaei and I. spicata. Several studies have documented a susceptibility to this hepatotoxin in different species of animals, including cattle, sheep, dogs and rats, which are associated with mild to severe liver disease after prolonged ingestion. However, there is little published data on the effects of this hepatotoxin in camels, even though Indigofera plants are known to be palatable to camels in central Australia. The secondary poisoning of dogs after prolonged dietary exposure to residual indospicine in camel muscle has raised additional food safety concerns. In this study, a feeding experiment was conducted to investigate the in vivo accumulation, excretion, distribution and histopathological effects of dietary indospicine on camels. Six young camels (2 – 4 year old), weighing 270 − 390 kg were fed daily a roughage diet consisting of Rhodes grass hay and lucerne chaff, supplemented with Indigofera and steam flaked barley. Indigofera (I. spicata) was offered at 597 mg DM/kg body weight (bw)/day designed to deliver 337 µg indospicine/kg bw/day, and fed for a period of 32 days. Blood and muscle biopsies were collected over the period of the study. Concentrations of indospicine in the plasma and muscle biopsy samples were quantitated by validated ultra-performance liquid chromatography−tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC−MS/MS). The highest concentrations in plasma (1.01 mg/L) and muscle (2.63 mg/kg fresh weight (fw)) were found at necropsy (day 33). Other tissues were also collected at necropsy and analysis showed ubiquitous distribution of indospicine, with the highest indospicine accumulation detected in the pancreas (4.86 ± 0.56 mg/kg fw) and liver (3.60 ± 1.34 mg/kg fw); followed by the muscle, heart and kidney. Histopathological examination of liver tissue showed multiple small foci of predominantly mononuclear inflammatory cells. After cessation of Indigofera intake, indospicine present in plasma in the remaining 3 camels had a longer terminal elimination half-life (18.6 days) than muscle (15.9 days), and both demonstrated mono-exponential decreases.

Item Type:Article
Business groups:Biosecurity Queensland
Subjects:Animal culture > Other domesticated and semi-domesticated animals
Veterinary medicine > Veterinary toxicology
Live Archive:08 Aug 2016 04:06
Last Modified:03 Sep 2021 16:50

Repository Staff Only: item control page