[Experimental study on treating hyperlipidemic fatty liver with Taizhi'an capsule]

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2007 Apr;32(7):616-9.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Objective: To observe the effects of Taizhi'an capsule in treatment of hyperlipidemic fatty liver.

Method: The model rats were induced by feeding high caloric diet for 8 weeks, then fifty rats were randomly divided into five groups, and each group had ten rats, the Taizhi'an groups (high dose 1 000 mg x kg(-1), middle dose 500 mg x kg(-1), low dose 250 mg x kg(-1)), the Yishanfu group and the model group. Liver index (liver weight/body weight), liver function, blood lipid, liver lipid, the content of MDA and SOD in liver were assayed after therapy, and observe Pathologic changes in rats liver.

Result: Liver index, blood lipid, liver lipid, liver function increased significantly (P < 0.001) in model rats, and the content of SOD in liver decreased significantly (P < 0.05), Liver histology expressed mild to moderate fat denaturation; After being treated with high and middle dose of Taizhi'an capsule for six weeks, blood lipid, liver function decreased significantly (P < 0.001), and liver lipid decreased significantly (P < 0.001, P <0.05), the content of SOD in liver increased significantly (P < 0.05), meanwhile liver histology was closed to normal.

Conclusion: Taizhian capsule is effective in the treatment of hyperlipidemic induced fatty liver.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alanine Transaminase / blood
  • Animals
  • Aspartate Aminotransferases / blood
  • Capsules
  • Cholesterol / blood
  • Cholesterol / metabolism
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / administration & dosage
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / pharmacology*
  • Fatty Liver / drug therapy*
  • Fatty Liver / etiology
  • Fatty Liver / metabolism
  • Hyperlipidemias / complications
  • Ligustrum / chemistry
  • Liver / drug effects*
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Liver / pathology
  • Male
  • Malondialdehyde / metabolism
  • Phytotherapy
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry
  • Random Allocation
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Superoxide Dismutase / metabolism
  • Triglycerides / blood
  • Triglycerides / metabolism
  • Triterpenes / administration & dosage
  • Triterpenes / pharmacology
  • Ursolic Acid

Substances

  • Capsules
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Triglycerides
  • Triterpenes
  • taizhi'an
  • Malondialdehyde
  • Cholesterol
  • Superoxide Dismutase
  • Aspartate Aminotransferases
  • Alanine Transaminase