Experimental research of songzhi pills on inducement of interferon in mice and rats.
- Author:
Jian-sheng GUO
1
;
Xiao-juan WANG
;
Can-rong WU
;
Xiu-ying LIU
;
Jin-ping LI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Animals; Drug Combinations; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; isolation & purification; pharmacology; Female; Gardenia; chemistry; Interferon-gamma; biosynthesis; Male; Mice; Plants, Medicinal; chemistry; Polyporales; chemistry; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- From: China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2003;28(3):257-259
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo develop a new drug of treating the hepatitis C virus by studing the mechanisms of songzhi pills.
METHODThe four-wee old mice and two-month old rats were chosen to induce interferon.
RESULTThe contents of interferon among the groups treated with songzhi pills were significantly higher than those of the normal group and the model group (P < 0.01),
CONCLUSIONSSongzhi pills may have the function of inducing interferon.
