title: Hepatoprotective effect of Hovenia dulcis THUNB. on experimental liver injuries induced by carbon tetrachloride or D-galactosamine/lipopolysaccharide.
abstract: The hepatoprotective effects of the fruits of Hovenia dulcis THUNB. on chemically or immunologically induced experimental liver injury models were examined. The methanol extract showed significant hepatoprotective activity against CCl4-toxicity in rats and D-galactosamine (D-GalN)/lipopolysaccharide-induced liver injury in mice. The methanol extract also significantly protected against CCl4-toxicity in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. Hepatoprotective activity-guided fractionation and chemical analysis led to the isolation of an active constituent, (+)-ampelopsin (1) from the methanol extract.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Wakan-yaku (Traditional Sino-Japanese Medicines). Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hase
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohsugi
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Basnet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kadota
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Namba
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002252:Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D005688:Galactosamine / Q000633:toxicity*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000633:toxicity*; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D005419:Flavonoids; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D010936:Plant Extracts; C106407:ampelopsin; D005688:Galactosamine; C040015:myricetin