Effects of organophosphate insecticide, malathion on the liver and kidney of male Wistar albino rats by α-tocopherol and selenium

Abdulaziz M. Al-Othman¹, Khaled S. Al-Numair¹, Gaber E. El-Desoky^2,3, Kareem Yusuf², Zeid A. Al Othman², Mourad A. M. Aboul-Soud^3,4* and John P. Giesy^5,6,7,8

¹Department of Community Health Sciences, College of College of Applied Medical Science, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

²Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

³Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt.

⁴College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. BOX 2245, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

⁵Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

⁶Department of Zoology, and Center for Integrative Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.

⁷School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China.

⁸Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.