title: Protective effect of Centella asiatica on antioxidant tissue defense system against adriamycin induced cardiomyopathy in rats.
abstract: Increased oxidative stress and antioxidant deficit have been suggested to play a major role in adriamycin induced cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure due to multiple treatments with adriamycin. In this study the cardio protective effect of Centella asiatica on myocardial marker enzymes and antioxidant enzymes in adriamycin induced cardiomyopathy was investigated in rats. The rats administered with adriamycin (2.5 mg/kg body wt, i.p) caused myocardial damage that was manifested by the elevation of serum marker (LDH, CPK, GOT and GPT) enzymes and showed significant changes in the antioxidant enzymes (SOD, CAT, GPx, GST). Pre-co-treatment with Centella asiatica(200 mg/kg of body wt/oral) extract significantly prevented these alterations and restored the enzyme activities to near normal levels. These findings demonstrate the cardio protective effect of Centella asiatica on antioxidant tissue defense system during adriamycin induced cardiac damage in rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai- 600 025, Tamilnadu, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gnanapragasam
authors.forename: K Kumar
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Ebenezar
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sathish
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Govindaraju
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Devaki
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D028041:Centella / Q000737:chemistry*; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000633:toxicity*; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D010936:Plant Extracts; D004317:Doxorubicin