title: Preventive effects of dietary boysenberry anthocyanins on galactosamine-induced liver injury in rats.
abstract: The preventive effects of the major boysenberry anthocyanins (BoAnt) on liver injury, were determined in rats with liver injury induced by galactosamine (GalN). Increases in plasma AST and ALT activities, which were all induced by the injection of GalN, were relieved by the ingestion of BoAnt, suggesting that BoAnt is a food component available to prevent liver injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioresource Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata 997-8555, Japan. igarashi@tds1.tr.yamagata-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kiharu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: Etsuko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Asako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hatakeyama
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Molyneux
authors.forename: Kiyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubomura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000872:Anthocyanins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001628:Beverages; D004032:Diet; D005638:Fruit; D005688:Galactosamine / Q000633:toxicity*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008517:Phytotherapy; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D000872:Anthocyanins; D005688:Galactosamine