title: Red potato extract protects from D-galactosamine-induced liver injury in rats.
abstract: The protective effects of red potato extract (RPE) as to liver damage were determined in D-galactosamine (GalN)-intoxicated rats. Increases in serum aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, and lactate dehydrogenase activities, all of which were induced by GalN injection, decreased in RPE administered rats, suggesting that RPE acts as a functional food showing anti-hepatotoxicity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agriculture and Life Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: Kyu-Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Ken-ichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Chi-Ho
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sekikawa
authors.forename: Michihiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukushima
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D000872:Anthocyanins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; D005688:Galactosamine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D011198:Solanum tuberosum / Q000737:chemistry*; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000872:Anthocyanins; D000975:Antioxidants; D010936:Plant Extracts; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D005688:Galactosamine; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D005978:Glutathione