title: Hepatoprotective effect of rhinax on antitubercular drug-induced hepato-toxicity in rats.
abstract: Rhinax, a polyherbal formulation, exhibited hepatoprotective function when tested against antitubercular drug-induced hepatotoxicity in rats. Suppression of GSH and antioxidant enzymes "superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione reductase (GR), gultathionle peroxidase (GPx) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) were noticed in the liver of antitubercular chemotherapeutic agents (namely isoniazid, rifampicin and pyrazinamide) treated animals accompanied with an increase in cytochrome P-450 contents and increased production of lipid peroxidation. Rhinax afforded hepatoprotection by inhibiting lipid peroxidation and, as a result, the animals showed improved antioxidant status.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, Research and Development Division, Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd., Pimpri, Pune 411 018, India. dr_jaynil@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Jayant N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Dhuley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000633:toxicity*; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D029001:Herbal Medicine; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008515:Medicine, Ayurvedic; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts; C119008:rhinax