ABSTRACT
Objective:To study the protective effect of Huangqi Injection on cardiotoxicity induced by doxorubicin (DOX) and its mechanism. Methods: The molders of Dox-induced myocardial mitochondria damage of rat in vitro and Dox-induced cardiotoxicity in mice were used. The protective effect of Huangqi Injection on cardiotoxicity induced by doxorubicin was determined by biochemical method.Results: Doxorubicin can increse malondialdehyde level, induce mitochondrin swelling and decrease glutathione (GSH) content of myocardial mitochondria of rat in vitro, while all these damages caused by doxorubicin were reduced significantly by Huangqi Injection. Cardiotoxicity of doxorubicin in mice as measured by increases of myocardial malondialdehyde level and serum creatine phosphokinase activity, decreases of superoxide dimutase was significantly alleviated by Huangqi Injection. Conclusions: Huangqi Injection can protect heart against Dox-induced cardiotoxicity, which provides experimental evidence for Huangqi Injection as an anti-tumor adjuvant drug in clinical application.