title: Effects of ethanol extract from Saururus chinensis (Bour.) Baill on lipid and antioxidant metabolisms in rats fed a high-fat diet.
abstract: This study was performed to investigate the effect of ethanol extract from Saururus chinensis (Lour.) Baill on liver function, plasma lipid composition and antioxidant system with high-fat diet for 4 weeks. Rats were divided into the following five groups; untreated control group (normal), treated with 0.5% SE (normal + 0.5% SE), high-fat group (high-fat), high-fat group treated with 0.1% SE (high-fat + 0.1% SE), or 0.5% SE (high-fat + 0.5% SE). Weight gains showed a tendency to decrease in rat with high-fat + SE. Plasma total cholesterol showed a tendency to decrease with ethanol extract from S. chinensis (Lour.) Baill. LDL-cholesterol contents were lower in ethanol extract group than that of control group. Aspartate amino transferase and alanine amino transferase activities were increased by high-fat diet, and were decreased by 0.5% SE. Lipid peroxide level showed a tendency to increase in high-fat diet group than that of normal group. In ethanol extract from S. chinensis (Lour.) Baill groups, lipid peroxide level decreased significantly and SOD activity was also decreased progressively. These results demonstrated that the ethanol extract of S. chinensis (Lour.) Baill lowered serum cholesterol levels, tissue lipid contents and accumulation of cholesterol in the rat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology and The Center for Traditional Microorganism Resources, Keimyung University, Daegu 704-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Mi Hee
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Hyo Gwon
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: Ji-Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Mi-Hyang Hwang
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Bo
authors.forename: Hyun-Jeong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Suk Kyung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Shin Kyo
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: In-Seon
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D004032:Diet; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D000431:Ethanol / Q000737:chemistry*; D047309:Flavones / Q000737:chemistry; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D050356:Lipid Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects*; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D032134:Saururaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D004041:Dietary Fats; D047309:Flavones; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D008055:Lipids; D010636:Phenols; D010936:Plant Extracts; D000431:Ethanol; D002784:Cholesterol; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase