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Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-16998

ABSTRACT

Hepatoprotective effect of andrographolide (the major active diterpenoid lactone of the plant Andrographis paniculata) was studied on acute hepatitis induced in rats by single dose of galactosamine (800 mg/kg, ip)/paracetamol (3g/kg, po). Hepatoprotective activity was monitored by estimating the serum transaminases (GOT and GPT), alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin in serum, hepatic triglycerides, and by histopathological changes in the livers of experimental rats. Pre-treatment and/or post-treatment of rats at different time intervals with different doses of andrographolide in the two experimental models of hepatotoxicity showed that treatment of rats with 400 mg/kg, ip or 800 mg/kg, po, 48, 24 and 2 h before galactosamine administration or with 200 mg/kg, ip, 1, 4 and 7 h after paracetamol challenge leads to complete normalisation of toxin-induced increase in the levels of all the five biochemical parameters, and significantly ameliorates toxin-induced histopathological changes in the livers of experimental rats. The results confirmed the in vivo hepatoprotective effect of andrographolide against galactosamine or paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity in rats. Since the protective effect of andrographolide was observed in two types of intoxication, which are very different in their primary mechanism of inducing hepatotoxicity, it is suggested that protective mechanisms of andrographolide which are not specific to galactosamine or paracetamol toxicity may be responsible for the hepatoprotective activity of the compound.


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Acetaminophen , Animals , Disease Models, Animal , Diterpenes , Female , Galactosamine , Hepatitis, Animal/chemically induced , Liver/drug effects , Liver Function Tests , Male , Naphthols/pharmacology , Plant Extracts/pharmacology , Rats
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Rev. cuba. invest. bioméd ; 7(2): 44-54, mayo-ago. 1988. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-80886

ABSTRACT

El efecto hepatotóxico de la galactosamina (GAS-N) en el modelo experimental en ratas ha sido estudiado al microscopio electrónico por varios autores. Por otra parte, en nuestro Instituto se realizó una investigación con este modelo experimental para probar el efecto de 2 extractos de la planta Aloe barbadensis obtenida por diferentes procedimientos. Aloe A y Aloe E. y un fármaco conocido, la prednisona: la efectividad de dichos extractos se ha demostrado en el orden siguiente: prednisona > Aloe E > Aloe A. Nuestro trabajo es un estudio complementario de dicha investigación al microscopio electrónico. Se utilizaron ratas albinas machos adultos de 160-180 g peso. el experimento constó de 5 grupos de ratas: control (normal), Gal N, Aloe A. Aloe E. y prednisona. Las muestras se procesaron por la técnica habitual para microscopía electrónica de transmisión: fijados en glutaraldehido y osmio e incluídas en araldita. En el grupo Gal N se observaron las alteraciones citoplasmáticas descritas por varios autores; existió un predominio de abundantes vacuolas lipídicas, hipertrofia del retículo endoplasmático (RE) liso, vacuolas autofágicas y estructuras polimembranosas; se observaron menos acentuados estas alteraciones en el grupo Aloe A., mejor cuadro ultraestructural en el grupo Aloe E, y fue muy semejante al normal en el grupo prednisona


Subject(s)
Rats , Animals , Male , Aloe , Hepatitis, Animal/drug therapy , Liver/ultrastructure , Plant Extracts/therapeutic use , Prednisone/therapeutic use , Galactosamine , Hepatitis, Animal/chemically induced
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