Effect of simultaneous administration of polychlorinated biphenyls and alkylbenzene sulfonic acid salt in rats

Abstract
Administration of PCB to rats resulted in an increase in liver weight, hypertrophy with foam-like changes in cytoplasm of individual liver cells, an increase in liver cholesterol levels, an increase in liver aniline hydroxylase activity and a decrease in liver Na-K-Mg-dependent ATPase activity. When ABS was simultaneously administered with PCB, most of the above-mentioned abnormalities were observed to increase and were dependent on administration time and dosage. Testicular abnormalities were observed only in rats on long term co-administration of PCB and ABS.