Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2004;0(05):-

Effects of Weishu Powder on Acute Liver Injury Induced by Carbon Tetrachloride in Mice

Xukai LIN ; Senyuan XU ; Yipeng ZHANG ; Tingliang ZHENG ; Wei ZHANG

Keywords

WEISHU POWDER/therapeutic use; LIVER/injury; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

【Objective】 To investigate the effect of Weishu Powder (WP) on acute liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl_4) in mice. 【Methods】 Fifty mice were randomized to normal control group (group A), model group (group B), bifendate pills group (group C), low-dose WP group (group D) and high-dose WP group (group E). The mice in the above groups were fed with the corresponding drugs by gastric infusion for 7 days. On the 8th day of feeding, the mice except those in group A were given 0.5% CCl_4 peanut oil solution (10 mL/kg) by intraperitoneal injection. Sixteen hours later, liver weight, serum level of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), malondialdehyde (MDA) content and necrotic focus amount in the liver were observed. 【Results】 As compared with the normal group, liver weight, serum ALT level and necrotic focus amount were increased in model mice with CCl_4-induced acute liver injury (P