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The Effects of Ka-Mi-Chung-Gan-Tang on Rat with Alcoholic Fatty Liver  

Zheng, Cheng-Xuan (Department of Pharmacy, Sahmyook University)
Yim, Dong-Sool (Department of Pharmacy, Sahmyook University)
Lee, Sook-Yeon (Department of Pharmacy, Sahmyook University)
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Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy / v.35, no.3, 2004 , pp. 229-232 More about this Journal
Abstract
Chronical intake of alcohol can cause alcoholic fatty liver. Fatty liver is caused by fat infiltration: the state of high rate of fat in liver cells and by losing the balance between the synthesis and the secretion of fatty acid. It could be developed into liver necrosis and cirrhosis. Ka-Mi-Chung-Gan-Tang (KMCGT) is a decoction used for fatty liver as oriental medicines in China. The prescription is composed of Ginseng Radix, Bupleuri Radix, Scutellariae Radix, Pinelliae Tuber, Artemisiae capillaris Herba, Gardeniae Fructus, Zingiberis Rhizoma, Zizyphi Fructus and Glycyrrhizae Radix etc. We have induced alcoholic fatty liver by ethanol administration (6 g/kg, single dose/day, for a week) on rats and observed changes of triglyceride, cholesterol and lipid peroxidation in liver tissues of them. Also we checked the activities of GOT and GPT in blood of rats. KMCGT inhibited significantly the increase of triglyceride, cholesterol, lipid peroxidation level and effectively the increase of malondialdehyde (MDA).
Keywords
Alcoholic fatty liver; Ethanol; Lipid peroxidation; Ka-Mi-Chung-Gan-Tang (KMCGT);
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