title: Hepatoprotection of tea seed oil (Camellia oleifera Abel.) against CCl4-induced oxidative damage in rats.
abstract: The oil of tea seed (Camellia oleifera Abel.) is used extensively in China for cooking. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of tea seed oil on CCl(4)-induced acute hepatotoxicity in rats. Male SD rats (200+/-10 g) were pre-treated with tea seed oil (50, 100, and 150 g/kg diet) for six weeks before treatment with a single dose of CCl(4) (50% CCl(4), 2 mL/kg of bw, intraperitoneally), the rats were sacrificed 24h later, and blood samples were collected for assaying serum biochemical parameters. The livers were excised for evaluating peroxidation products and antioxidant substances, as well as the activities of antioxidant enzymes. Pathological histology was also performed. The results showed that a tea seed oil diet significantly (p<0.05) lowered the serum levels of hepatic enzyme markers (alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, and lactate dehydrogenase), inhibited fatty degeneration, reduced the content of the peroxidation product malondialdehyde, and elevated the content of GSH. Pre-treatment of animals with tea seed oil (150 g/kg diet) could increase the activities of glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase and glutathione S transferase in liver when compared with CCl(4)-treated group (p<0.05). Therefore, the results of this study show that a tea seed oil diet can be proposed to protect the liver against CCl(4)-induced oxidative damage in rats, and the hepatoprotective effect might be correlated with its antioxidant and free radical scavenger effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuokuang Road, Taichung 40227, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chia-Pu
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ping-Hsiao
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Chin-Lin
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Gow-Chin
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Yen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D028244:Camellia / Q000737:chemistry*; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride / Q000633:toxicity; D002252:Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D010936:Plant Extracts; D010938:Plant Oils; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride