title: Effect of schisandrin B and sesamin mixture on CCl(4)-induced hepatic oxidative stress in rats.
abstract: To study the effects of schisandrin B and sesamin mixture on carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4))-induced hepatic oxidative stress in male Sprague-Dawley rats. The rats were randomly assigned to five groups: control group (olive oil injection), CCl(4) group (CCl(4) injection), silymarin group (CCl(4) injection combined with supplementation of silymarin, 7.5 mg/kg/day), low dose group (CCl(4) injection combined with supplementation of schisandrin B and sesamin mixture at a low dose, 43 mg/kg/day) and high dose group (CCl(4) injection combined with the supplementation of schisandrin B and sesamin mixture at a high dose, 215 mg/kg/day). The hepatic superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase activities of rats in the low dose and high dose groups were increased significantly compared with those in the CCl(4) group. The hepatic reduced glutathione concentration in the silymarin, low dose and high dose groups were increased significantly (48%, 45% and 53%, respectively) when compared with those of the CCl(4) group. In addition, the concentration of glutathione in the erythrocytes of the low dose group was significantly higher than the CCl(4) group by 25%. These results suggest that the schisandrin B-sesamin mixture exerted a hepatoprotective effect by improving the antioxidative capacity in rats under CCl(4)-induced hepatic oxidative stress.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan 710, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chia-Yu
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Ya-Ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Suh-Ching
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Guan-Cheng
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tsi
authors.forename: Chi-Chang
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jiun-Rong
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Joe-Sharg
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride / Q000633:toxicity*; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; D034242:Cyclooctanes / Q000494:pharmacology; D004149:Dioxoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D017705:Lignans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012838:Silymarin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D034242:Cyclooctanes; D004149:Dioxoles; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D017705:Lignans; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds; D012838:Silymarin; C015499:schizandrin B; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005978:Glutathione; C054125:sesamin