Paclitaxel has a toxic effect on the rat liver and induces permanent structural and functional changes. - GreenMedInfo Summary
Toxic effect of an antitumor drug paclitaxel on morphofunctional characteristics of the liver in rats.
Bull Exp Biol Med. 2008 Feb;145(2):263-5. PMID: 19023985
Institute of Pharmacology, Tomsk Research Center, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.
Single intravenous injection of paclitaxel to rats in a maximum tolerated dose of 4.6 mg/kg was accompanied by permanent structural and functional changes in the liver. The observed changes were typical of nonspecific reactive hepatitis: infiltration with lymphocytes and macrophages, pyknosis, and focal fatty degeneration of hepatocytes. Liver enzyme activity increased in blood plasma.