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Hepatoprotective Effects of Lycium chinense Mill Fruit Extracts and Fresh Fruit Juice  

Kang, Kyung-Il (Department of Food Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Korea University)
Jung, Jin-Young (Department of Food Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Korea University)
Koh, Kyung-Hee (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, The Catholic University of Korea)
Lee, Cherl-Ho (Department of Food Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Korea University)
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Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology / v.38, no.1, 2006 , pp. 99-103 More about this Journal
Abstract
Hepatoprotective effects of Bulro Kugi (Lycium chinense Mill) fruit extracts on $CCl_4-administered$ rats were investigated in vivo. Administration of $CCl_4$ increased plasma glutamic oxalacetic transaminase (GOT), glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activities, induced lipid peroxidation as measured by malondialdehyde (MDA) content of rat liver, and significantly increased liver weight. Feeding of B. Kugi (Lycium chinense Mill) slightly increased body weight gain, although not significantly different from normal group. B. Kugi (Lycium chinense Mill) fruit extracts reduced blood cholesterol level and inhibited $CCl_4-induced$ increases of plasma GPT, GOT, and LDH activities, whereas increased contents of MDA and cytochrome P-450, and GST activity in liver tissue of $CCl_4-administered$ rats. Roasted B. Kugi (Lycium chinense Mill) fruit extract showed highest hepatoprotective effect among samples tested. These results suggest water extracts of B. Kugi (Lycium chinense Mill) fruit possess promising hepatoprotective activity against $CCl_4-induced$ hepatic damage in rats.
Keywords
hepatoprotective effect; Bulro Kugi (Lycium chinense Mill); GPT; GOT; LDH; MDA; cytochrome P-450;
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