[Experimental research of songzhi pills on inducement of interferon in mice and rats].
OBJECTIVE
To develop a new drug of treating the hepatitis C virus by studing the mechanisms of songzhi pills.


METHODS
The four-wee old mice and two-month old rats were chosen to induce interferon.


RESULTS
The contents of interferon among the groups treated with songzhi pills were significantly higher than those of the normal group and the model group (P < 0.01),


CONCLUSIONS
Songzhi pills may have the function of inducing interferon.
Guo
Jian-sheng
JS
Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410007, Hunan, China.
Wang
Xiao-juan
XJ
Wu
Can-rong
CR
Liu
Xiu-ying
XY
Li
Jin-ping
JP
D000818:Animals; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D032062:Gardenia / Q000737:chemistry; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D020072:Polyporales / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
D004338:Drug Combinations; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007371:Interferon-gamma