par Cammaerts Tricot, Marie-Claire 
;Cammaerts, Roger
Référence Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2, 3, page (13)
Publication Publié, 2018-02-10
;Cammaerts, Roger Référence Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2, 3, page (13)
Publication Publié, 2018-02-10
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | Aluminum is largely present on the earth but has no biological function. Aluminum hydroxide is nowadays used in drugs for car-ing of persons suffering from stomach acidity, as an adjuvant in vaccines, in cosmetics and other products of common use, but has been suspected to have severe adverse effects. We thus examined its impact on 22 physiological and ethological traits, by using ants as models. We found that aluminum hydroxide decreased their meat consumption, general activity, linear speed, orientation ability, trail following, audacity, tactile perception, cognition, escaping ability and conditioning capability, thus their memory. It increased their sinuosity of movement and impacted their locomotion and movement coordination. It did not affect their relationship with their brood, nestmates and aliens. Ants did not adapt themselves to the adverse effects of aluminum hydroxide and developed no de-pendence on this compound. After weaning, the effects of aluminum hydroxide decreased linearly and fully vanished in a total of 12 hours. On basis of these results and of literature reports on motor and cognitive impairments in animals and humans we recommend limiting the use of aluminum hydroxide as much as possible, and to search for natural alternatives. |
