title: [Experimental research of songzhi pills on inducement of interferon in mice and rats].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410007, Hunan, China.
authors.forename: Jian-sheng
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Xiao-juan
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Can-rong
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xiu-ying
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jin-ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007371:Interferon-gamma