1. Hepatoprotective effects of Yulangsan polysaccharide against isoniazid and rifampicin-induced liver injury in mice.
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Dong Y, Huang J, Lin X, Zhang S, Jiao Y, Liang T, Chen Z, and Huang R
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- Animals, Antioxidants metabolism, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drugs, Chinese Herbal pharmacology, Female, Isoniazid toxicity, Lipid Peroxidation drug effects, Male, Mice, Polysaccharides administration & dosage, Polysaccharides isolation & purification, Rifampin toxicity, Antitubercular Agents toxicity, Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury prevention & control, Millettia chemistry, Polysaccharides pharmacology
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Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Yulangsan polysaccharide (YLSPS) is often used in popular folk medicine in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China as a chief ingredient of Millettia pulchra, which is used as an hepatic protection, anti-aging and memory improving agent. In this study, the hepatoprotective effects of YLSPS against isoniazid (INH) or rifampicin and isoniazid (RFP+INH)-induced liver injury were investigated in mice., Materials and Methods: The liver injury was induced by intragastric administration of INH or RFP+INH daily for 10 days. During the experiment, the model group received INH or RFP+INH only, and the normal control group received an equal volume of saline. Treatment groups received not only INH or RFP+INH but also the corresponding drugs, DDB (200mg/kg/day) or YLSPS (100, 200, and 400mg/kg/day) 2h after the administration of INH or RFP+INH., Results: Analysis experiments showed that YLSPS significantly alleviated liver injury as indicated by the decreased levels of ALT and AST and the increased levels of SOD, GSH and GSH-Px. Moreover, YLSPS could effectively reduce the pathological tissue damage. The research on the mechanisms underlying the hepatoprotective effect showed that YLSPS was able to reduce lipid peroxidation and activate the anti-oxidative defense system., Conclusion: Our results show that YLSPS is effective in attenuating hepatic injury in the INH or RFP+INH-induced mouse model, and could be developed as a new drug for treatment of liver injury., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2014
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