Effects of Dially Sulfide on Thioacetamide-induced Hepatotoxicity

  • Published : 2003.04.01

Abstract

Effects of diallyl sulfide (DAS), a component of garlic, on thioacetamide-induced hepatotoxicity were investigated in male ICR mice. When mice treated subcutaneously with 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg of DAS in corn oil for three consecutive days, the activity of cytochrome P450 (P450) 2E1-selective p-nitrophenol hydroxylase was dose-dependently suppressed. In addition, the activities of P450 2B-selective benzyloxyresorufin O-debenzylase and pentoxyresorufin O-depentylase were dose-dependently induced by the treatment with DAS. (omitted)

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