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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2009.38.2.154

Hepatoprotective Effects of Hovenia dulcis Fruit on Ethanol-Induced Liver Damage in vitro and in vivo  

You, Yang-Hee (Dept. Food and Nutrition, Chonnam National University)
Jung, Kuk-Yung (Graduate School of Complementary & Alternative Medicine, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University)
Lee, Yoo-Hyun (Dept. Food Science and Nutrition, Suwon University)
Jun, Woo-Jin (Dept. Food and Nutrition, Chonnam National University)
Lee, Boo-Yong (Graduate School of Complementary & Alternative Medicine, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.38, no.2, 2009 , pp. 154-159 More about this Journal
Abstract
The hepatoprotective effect of ethanol extract from Hovenia dulcis fruit (HD) against ethanol-induced oxidative damage was investigated. Ethanol-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and liver damage on HepG2/2E1 cells were protected by $100{\mu}g/mL$ ethanolic extract from HD. Male C57BL/6 mice were divided into 3 groups; control (NC), ethanol (ET), ethanol plus 1 g/kg body weight ethanolic extract of HD (ET-HD). The activities of serum alanine amintransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) were significantly increased in ethanol-treated group. However, ET-HD group showed protective effect by lowering serum activities. The ET group markedly decreased the activities of catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione-s-transferase (GST) with the reduced level of glutathione (GSH) in liver. On the other hand, ET-HD group increased the activities of SOD and GST, and the level of GSH. Lipid peroxidation level, which was increased after ethanol administration, was significantly reduced in ET-HD group. Based upon these results, it could be assumed that ethanolic extract of HD protected the liver against ethanol-induced oxidative damage by possibly inhibiting the suppression of antioxidant activity and reducing the rate of lipid peroxidation in vitro and in vivo. Therefore, extract of Hovenia dulcis fruit might be used as a protective agent for ethanol-induced hepatic damages.
Keywords
alcohol; oxidative damage; hepatoprotective effect; HepG2/2E1; Hovenia dulcis;
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