title: Hepatoprotective effects of Eclipta alba on subcellular levels in rats.
abstract: The hepatoprotective effect of the ethanol/water (1:1) extract of Eclipta alba (Ea) has been studied at subcellular levels in rats against CCl4-induced hepatotoxicity. Ea significantly counteracted CCl4-induced inhibition of the hepatic microsomal drug metabolising enzyme amidopyrine N-demethylase and membrane bound glucose 6-phosphatase, but failed to reverse the very high degree of inhibition of another drug metabolising enzyme aniline hydroxylase. The loss of hepatic lysosomal acid phosphatase and alkaline phosphatase by CCl4 was significantly restored by Ea. Its effect on mitochondrial succinate dehydrogenase and adenosine 5'-triphosphatase was not significant. The study shows that hepatoprotective activity of Ea is by regulating the levels of hepatic microsomal drug metabolising enzymes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Regional Research Laboratory, Jammu-Tawi, India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Anand
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002252:Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts