Abstract
Our experiment shows that Asparagus officinalis can increase the clearance rate of charcoal particles and the weight of immune organs in mice, and thus helps to facilitate their antifatigue, anoxia tolerance, analgesia and memory improvement, as well as decrease the contents of lipid peroxide (LPO) in plasma, liver and brain of the animal.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal / pharmacology*
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal / therapeutic use
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Fatigue / drug therapy
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Female
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Hypoxia / drug therapy
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Lipid Peroxides / metabolism
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Macrophages, Peritoneal / immunology
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Male
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Memory / drug effects
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Mice
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Organ Size / drug effects
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Pain Threshold / drug effects
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Phagocytosis / drug effects*
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Spleen / anatomy & histology
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Thymus Gland / anatomy & histology
Substances
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal
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Lipid Peroxides