• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.35-48
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• 1992

The present study was to carried out to investigate the anti-stress effects of Samhwasan in immobilized rats. Serum levels of catecholamine and aldosterone were measured in immobillzed rats orally receiving extracts of Samhwasan, respectively, for 1 day 7 days. And in order to investigate the analgesic effects of Samhwasan in acetic-acid injected mice, the writhing syndrome frequency was measured. The results obtained were summarized as follow ; 1. There were decreases of norepinephrine in rats receiving Samhwasan for 1 and 7 days respectively. 2. There were decreases of epinephrine in rats receiving Samhwasan for 1 day and 7 days respectively, and significant decreases were recognized in rats receiving Samhasan for 7 days. 3. There were significant decreases of aldosterone in rats receiving Samhwasan for 1 day and 7 days respectively. 4. There were significnat decreases of writhing syndrome frequency in mice receiving Samhwasan. These results appeared to suggest that Samhwasan produce the anti-stress effects and effects on pain relief.

• The Journal of Korean Medicine
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• v.17 no.2 s.32
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• pp.264-276
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• 1996

This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of Samhwasan on the Na-K-ATPase activity of heart muscle. The Na-K-ATPase activity was prepared from rabbit heart ventricles. Samhwasan markedly inhibited the Na- K - ATPase activity in a dose-dependent manner with an estimated $I_{50}$ of 0.56%. Hill coefficient was 1.70, indicating that the enzyme has more than one binding site for the Samhwasan. Inhibition of enzyme activity by Samhwasan increased as pretreatment time was prolonged. Inhibition by the drug was not affected by a change in enzyme protein concentration. Kinetic studies of substrate activation of the enzyme indicated classical noncompetitive inhibition, showing significant reduction in Vmax without a change in Km value. Inhibitory effect by Samhwasan was not altered by changes in concentration of $Mg^{2+}$, $Na^+$ or $K^+$, dithiothreitol. a sulfhydryl reducing reagent, did not protect the inhibition of Na-K-ATPase activity by Samhwasan combination of Samhwasan and ouabain showed a cumulative inhibition fashion. These results suggest that Samhwasan inhibits Na-K-ATPase activity of heart ventricles with an unique binding site different from that of ATP, $Mg^{2+}$, $Na^+$ or $K^+$ and ouabain.