Experimental Studies on the Anti-Oxidation Action of the Tuber of Pedate Pinellia (Pinellia pedatisecta )and the Root of Common Monkshood(Aconitum carmichaeli) / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Anti-lipid peroxidation actions of alcoholic extracts of common Araceae medicinal materials(Pinellia pedatisecta, Typhonium flaglliforme, Pinellia ternata) and Ranunculaceae medicinal materials (Aconitum carmichaeli,Anemone altaica)were studied. Inhibition of air-oxidation of linoleic acid by these drugs were observed in the experiments. It was found that Araceae and Ranunculaceae crude drugs showed good antioxidative effects,especially with P. pedatisecta and A. carmichaeli which showed more remarkable inhibition. Pharmacological studies showed that GSH-Px activity in the whole blood of rats fed with these two crude drugs and CAT activity in red cells of the rats were significantly higher than that in control group(P