title: Preventive effect of the Taiwan folk medicine Ixeris laevigata var. oldhami on alpha-naphthyl-isothiocyanate and carbon tetrachloride-induced acute liver injury in rats.
abstract: The hepatoprotective effects of Ixeris laevigata Sch-Bip. var. oldhami Kitam. (IL) were studied on cholestatic hepatitis induced by alpha-naphthylisothiocyanate (ANIT, 100 mg/10 mL/kg, in olive oil, i.p.) and acute hepatitis induced by carbon tetrachloride (20% CCl(4)/olive oil, 1.5 mL/kg, i.p.) in rats. Hepatoprotective activity was monitored by estimating the serum transaminases levels and the histopathological changes in the livers of experimental rats. The pretreatment of animals with IL, extract (0.3-2.0 g/kg orally) significantly inhibited the acute elevation of serum transaminases, as well as the hepatotoxin-induced histopathological changes in the livers of the experimental rats.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences, China Medical College, 91 Hsueh Shih Road, 404 Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Kuo-Liang
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Chin-Chuan
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Li-Kang
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Chun-Ching
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yuan-Shiun
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D015058:1-Naphthylisothiocyanate / Q000633:toxicity; D000818:Animals; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride / Q000633:toxicity; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012838:Silymarin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013624:Taiwan
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012838:Silymarin; C425290:tao-shang-tsao; D015058:1-Naphthylisothiocyanate; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride