title: Protective effect of Aucuba japonica against carbon tetrachloride-induced liver damage in rats.
abstract: Pretreatment of rats with ethanol extract from leaves of Aucuba japonica (600 mg/kg/day, po) for two days protected against CCl4-induced depression in plasma disappearance and biliary excretion of injected sulfobromophthalein (BSP) determined 24 hr after the CCl4 challenge (0.5 ml/kg, ip). Percent recovery of BSP in bile in 60 min for control, CCl4, extract + CCl4 treated rats was 66.8 +/- 1.9, 56.2 +/- 1.4, and 68.9 +/- 2.2, respectively. Pretreatment of the extract also protected CCl4-induced increased serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase activity and liver necrosis as demonstrated by histological evaluations. However, pretreatment of the extract did not modify the intensity of CCl4-induced lipid peroxidation process or cytochrome P-450 destruction. The results suggest that ethanol extract of Aucuba japonica protects CCl4 hepatotoxicity at a site in the chain events leading to necrosis but not the activation step of CCl4 to X CCl3 and X C1 free radicals.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000378:metabolism; D002252:Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts