Toxicity of red Liriope platyphylla manufactured by steaming process on liver and kidney organs of ICR mice.
10.5625/lar.2012.28.4.229
- Author:
Sun Il CHOI
1
;
Ji Eun KIM
;
In Sik HWANG
;
Hye Ryun LEE
;
Young Ju LEE
;
Moon Hwa KWAK
;
Hong Joo SON
;
Hee Seob LEE
;
Jong Sub LEE
;
Byeong Cheol KANG
;
Dae Youn HWANG
Author Information
1. College of Natural Resources & Life Science, Pusan National University, Miryang, Korea. dyhwang@pusan.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Red Liriope platyphylla;
steaming process;
toxic effect;
liver;
kidney
- MeSH:
Alanine Transaminase;
Alkaline Phosphatase;
Animals;
Aspartic Acid;
Biochemistry;
Blood Urea Nitrogen;
Body Weight;
Brain;
Creatinine;
Female;
Heart;
Humans;
Insulin;
Kidney;
Liver;
Lung;
Mice;
Mice, Inbred ICR;
Nerve Growth Factor;
Organ Size;
Ovary;
Spleen;
Steam;
Weights and Measures
- From:Laboratory Animal Research
2012;28(4):229-238
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Red Liriope platyphylla (RLP) produced by steaming process has been reported to enhance the secretion of insulin and nerve growth factor (NGF). However, there has been no report on the toxicity of RLP in the specific organs of mice. To investigate the toxic effect of RLP, we tried to observe a significant alteration on body weight, food/water intake, organ weight, liver pathology and kidney pathology in female ICR mice received 12.5, 25.0 and 50.0 mg/kg body weight/day of RLP via gavage for 10 days. Out of seven organs including brain, heart, lung, liver, kidney, spleen and ovary, two organs (heart and lung) showed significantly decreased weights in the medium dosage RLP-treated group, whereas weights of other organs were maintained at constant levels in all dosage groups. In the liver toxicity analysis, no significant increase of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and aspartate amino-transferase (AST) were detected in any RLP-treated group compared to vehicle-treated group. The specific pathological changes induced by most of toxic compounds were not observed in the liver in microscopic examination. Furthermore, in the kidney toxicological analysis, a significant enhancement of the blood urea nitrogen (BUN) concentration was detected in the high dosage RLP-treated group compared to the vehicle-treated group. However, the serum creatinine (CA) concentration on the serum biochemistry as well as the pathological changes in microscopic examination were not significantly different between the vehicle- and RLP-treated groups. Therefore, these results suggest that RLP does not induce any specific toxicity in liver or kidney tissues of mice, although the BUN level slightly increased in 50.0 mg/kg of RLP-treated group.
