• Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.111-123
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• 2009

Objective : The purpose of this study is to observe the effect of high frequency electro-acupuncture (hf-EA) at Yanglingquan(GB34) on $CCl_4$-induced liver damage in rats. Methods : The author performed several experimental items, including measurements of body weight and liver weight, hematological analysis for RBC, WBC, PLT, hemoglobin, lymphocytes, neutrophils, monocytes and biochemical assays for ALT, AST, ALP and total cholesterol in serum, and histological analysis of liver tissue. Results & Conclusion : 1. WBC level in blood was slightly reduced by acupuncture and hf-EA at GB34. 2. Lymphocyte level in blood was decreased by $CCl_4$-intoxication and significantly increased by acupuncture and hf-EA at GB34. 3. Neutrophils level in blood was slightly reduced by acupuncture and hf-EA at GB34. 4. ALT and AST in serum were reduced significantly by acupuncture and hf-EA at GB34. 5. The pathological changes of liver tissue induced by $CCl_4$ was reduced by hf-EA at GB34. 6. No significant difference was found between the effects of acupuncture and hf-EA on CCl4-induced liver damage in rats.

• Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.90-98
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• 2015

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of electro-acupuncture(EA) at ST36 on $CCl_4{^-}$ induced chronic hepatic damage in rats. Methods : The authors performed several experimental items, including measurements of liver index, hematological analysis for WBC, lymphocytes, neutrophils, monocytes, hemoglobin, and biochemical assays for ALT, AST, ALP in serum, and histological analysis of liver tissue. Results : Liver index(liver weight/body weight), the levels of WBC, Neutrophils and Monocytes in blood, the levels of ALT, AST and ALP in serum which were increased by $CCl_4{^-}$ intoxication were reduced significantly by EA at ST36. The levels of lymphocyte and hemoglobin in blood which were decreased by $CCl_4{^-}$ intoxication were significantly increased by EA at ST36. Conclusions : EA at ST36 has a hepatoprotective effect on chronic hepatic damage in $CCl_4{^-}$ intoxicated rats.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.213-220
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• 2001

Background: A previous study has shown that Euonymus alatus (EA) has an antidotic activities against inflammation, suggesting possibility that EA can exert this beneficial effects to liver injury by an initial protection against drug-induced hepatocyte demage. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the protective effect of EA-extract on experimentally induced hepatitis in ICR mice and to investigate some mechanisms responsible for its action. Methods: Water EA extract was used in this experiments. The mice received i.p. a dose of 700 mg/kg galactosamine (GalN) together with $5{\mu}g/kg$ of endotoxin (LPS), or received i.v. 12 mg/kg of concanavalin A (Con A). EA (4 mg/mouse) was administrated on day -2, -1 and 0 before induction of liver injury. Liver injury was assessed by measurement of serum alanin amino-transferase (SGPT) levels on 9 hr after GaIN.LPS, or 8 hr after con A administration. Results: Treatment with either GaIN or LPS alone did not cause hepatitis. However, simultaneous administration of GalN and LPS to mice resulted in LPS-dose dependent fulminant hepatitis. GaLN/LPS-induced liver injury was reduced when mice were given EA for 3 days before induction. This preventive effect of Ea was more prominent when EA was given by intraperitoneal route rather then by oral route. Pretreatment of EA or dexamethasone inhibited significantly $TNF{\alpha}$ production in GalL/LPS-injured mice. However, EA-treatment did not influence $TNF{\alpha}$-induced hepatitis in GalN-sensitized mice, suggesting that $TNF{\alpha}$ is likely to act as one of final mediators of endotoxin action and the protective effect of EA might be manifested chiefly by inhibition of endotoxin-induced $TNF{\alpha}$ production, not by blocking the $TNF{\alpha}$-action. Injection of Con A into mice evoked remarkable liver injury in a dose dependent fashion. This liver damage was reduced by EA-pretreatment. Dexamethasone significantly reduced both GalL/LPS-induced and Con A-induced liver damages, showing synergism with EA. However, indomethacin reduced only GalN/ LPS-induced hepatitis, not for Con A-induced hepatitis. Conclusion: These results led to the conclusion that EA may be able to contribute at least in part to prevent the drug-induced hepatotoxicity, and that its anti-hepatitis effects might be manifested directly by modulation of endogenous mediators, such as leukotriese D4, $TNF{\alpha}$ and free radical, and indirectly by regulation of immune mediated responses. Also these results suggested that EA could be developed as a potential antidotic agent.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.124-130
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• 2002

두충잎의 생약 및 식품 자원으로서의 이용성을 증진시킬 목적으로 두충잎의 물추출물을 사염화탄소를 투여한 흰쥐의 간손상에 미치는 영향을 검토하기 위해, 정상군, 사염화탄소군, 두충잎 물추출액 투여군, 사염화탄소 처리 후 두충잎 물추출액을 투여한 군의 4개군으로 나누어 6주간 사육하여 얻은 결과는 다음과 같다. 혈청 중의 AST, ALT, LDH 활성은 사염화탄소 투여에 의해 현저히 증가하였으나 두충잎 물추출물을 함께 투여함으로 정상군과 수준으로 회복되었다. 한편 사염화탄소에 의해 증가된 혈청중의 ALP 활성은 두충잎 투여에 의해 유의성 있게 감소하지 않았다. 혈청 중의 중성지질, 총 콜레스테롤 함량과 LDL콜레스테롤의 함량은 사염화탄소군에서만 유의적인 증가를 나타내었을 뿐 나머지 각군간의 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 한편 혈청 중의 HDL콜레스테롤의 함량은 두충 단독 투여군 및 사염화탄소 투여 후 두충잎 투여군이 정상군 및 사염화탄소 단독 투여군들보다 유의적으로 높게 나타났다. 간조직 중의 총콜레스테롤, 총지질, 중성 지질의 함량은 사염화탄소에 의해 유의적인 증가를 나타내었으나 두충잎 물추출액의 투여로 인해 이들의 함량이 유의성 있는 감소는 관찰되지 않았다. 광학현미경에 의한 간소직 세포의 병리학적인 검사에서는 사염화탄소군에서 간손상시 나타나는 간조직의 지방변화, 풍선양 변성, 호산성 변성, 국소성 괴사, 부위별 괴사가 관찰되었으나 그후 두충잎 투여에서 변화가 나타나지 않아 간 손상이 회복되었음을 알 수 있었다. 이상의 결과에서 두충잎 열수 추출물은 $CCl_4$에 의해 손상된 간기능을 회복시키는데 효과가 있었으며, 특히 혈청지질 개선에 탁월한 효과가 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.334-340
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• 2011

The study was done to investigate the effects of the extracts from the different parts of Lythrum salicaria (LS) on liver protective activities in chronically alcohol-treated rats. SD male rats except normal animals were administrated with alcohol ($30m{\ell}$ of 30%~40% ethanol/kg/day) and the extracts (300 mg/kg/day) for 10 weeks. Chronic alcohol administration decreased body weight, high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol and the reduced form-glutathione (GSH), whereas increased the ethanol content, glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT), total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL)- cholesterol, triglyceride in blood/serum and the ratio of the oxidized form of glutathione (GSSG) and total GSH (GSSG/total GSH) in liver tissue. Groups treated with the extracts of leaf, root and stem, showed decrease in GOT, total cholesterol and GSSG/total GSH and increase in hepatic aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), total GSH and serum albumin. Administration with the root extract of LS decreased blood ethanol content compared with the other part extracts. But, serum triglyceride values in rats treated with root and stem extract were higher than that of the negative control animals. Flower extract-fed group showed decrease in body weight and serum triglyceride, but increase in the ratio of GOT and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT), and GSSG/total GSH. From the results, we conclude that the extracts of root and leaf among the plant parts of LS might be useful for the amelioration of the chronic alcohol-induced liver demage of rat.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.544-550
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• 2003

납과 산수유 열수 추출물을 6주간 급여하여 사육한 흰쥐의 식이섭취량, 음용수 섭취량, 체중증가량과 식이효율에서 흰쥐의 평균 체중 증가량과 식이섭취량은 정상군에 비하여 납 단독 급여군이 낮은 증가를 보였다. 간 장기 조직의 중량은 납 단독 급여군이 정상군에 비하여 증가하였다. 납 해독에 미치는 영향은 각 장기 조직에서 정상군과 산수유 급여군은 납 단독 급여군에 비하여 유의적으로 낮은 증가를 보였다. 반면에 납과 산수유 병합급여군은 정상군에 가깝게 회복되어 산수유가 어느 정도 조직을 보호하는 것으로 생각된다. 혈청 중의 AST와 ALT 활성은 정상군에 비하여 납 단독 투여군이 유의적으로 증가되었으며, 산수유 추출물 급여군은 억제되었다.

• 약학회지
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.220-227
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• 2006

The therapeutic effect of tissue cultured root of mountain ginseng (Panax ginseng) (tcMG) on 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodaibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) induced toxicity in rat was investigated. The rats were assigned into three groups (10 rats/group), control, TCDD exposed group and tcMG treated group after TCDD exposed. $50\;{\mu}g/kg$ of TCDD was injected by i.p. for TCDD exposed group and 30 mg/kg of tcMG saponin was administered for 4 weeks by oral gavage for tcMG treated group. The weights of body, spleen, kidney, thymus, testes and epididymides were decreased in the single TCDD treatment. However these organs was significantly recovered by tcMG saponin except thymus (p<0.05). tcMG decreased the level of hepatic demage maker enzymes, AST and ALP. It also lowered total cholesterol and triglyceride. The level of serum triglyceride was significantly decreased in tcMG saponin treated group compared with the control. Histopathological examination revealed morphological change in the liver spleen, thymus and testes of TCDD treated rats. However they were relatively well preserved in the tcMG treatment group. In conclusion, TCDD induced toxicity was some repaired by tcMG. tcMG may be useful for prevention and treatment of TCDD induced toxicity.