1.AN OBSERVATION ON PHARMACODYNAMICS AND TOXICITY OF SHIWEI DANGGUIYIN
Bojun YUAN ; Guocai LU ; Shuying ZHANG ; Junping LIU ; Changhong GU ; Zhurui DAI ; Yuqiang FANG ; Fengehuan GUO ; Chun ZHANG ;
Traditional Chinese Drug Research & Clinical Pharmacology 1993;0(01):-
Shiwei Dangguiyin(SWDGY)is mainly composed of Radix Angelicae Sinensis,Radix Adenophorae,Radix Notogenseng,Radix Bupleuri,etc. Oral administration of SWDGY could significantly inhibit the metatarsal swell- ing eaused by dimethylbenzene in rats,raise the pain threshold in hot-plate test and depress the torsive reaction caused by acetic acid in mice.In vitro SWDGY exerted bacteriostatic and bacteriocidal effects on Staphylococcus aureus,Bacil- lus pyocyaneus,Escherichia coli,Streptococcus A,B and C.It was shown that SWDGY possessed anti-inflammatory,analgesic and antiseptic effects in vitro.In mice LD_(50) of SWDGY by oral administration was more than 840g/kg.Affer cral adminstration in a daily dose of 189.Sg/kg continuously for one month in rats, no toxic reactions appeared,This dosage was 118.6 times as much as the clinical one.