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Background: Some of the most commercially used compounds in fragrances have been associated with various adverse eects in various experimental in vivo and in vitro models and are still being used promiscuously in perfumes and as additives in other household products. Objectives: This study sought to determine the eects of exposing wistar rats to two locally made Nigerian perfumes on some cardiac performance enzyme and genes. Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, 18 animals were allocated into three groups (A, B and C) of six each. Groups B and C animals were exposed (by inhalation) to the first and second perfumes (designated F1 and F2) respectively for 77 days, while animals in group A were unexposed control. The rats were sacrificed at the end of the exposure period after which heart tissue was excised for creatine kinase enzyme assay and formalin fixed, paran embedded heart tissues were processed for RNA extraction and analyzed by quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction for the mRNA expression of creatine kinase genes Ckm and Ckmt2. Results: The results showed that animals in both exposure groups demonstrated significantly (P < 0.05) increased expression of striated muscle associated creatine kinase and sarcomeric mitochondria Ck genes as well as the increased release of the cardiomy- ocyte enzyme CK in the hearts of Wistar rats. Conclusions: These results suggest that exposure to these two locally made fragrances contributes to cardiomyocyte stress.

Effects of Exposure to Two Fragrances on the Gene Expression of Ckm and Ckmt2 and Total CK Activity in the Hearts of Wistar Rats