Antihepatotoxic potential of ginseng (Panax ginseng) in thioacetamide-induced acute hepatocellular injury in rats
Ebrahim, A., El-Gendy, A., El-Zawahry, B. (2004). Antihepatotoxic potential of ginseng (Panax ginseng) in thioacetamide-induced acute hepatocellular injury in rats. EKB Journal Management System, 16(1), 55-64. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2004.18175
Amira Tohamey Ebrahim; Ahkam, M. El-Gendy; Boshra El-Zawahry. "Antihepatotoxic potential of ginseng (Panax ginseng) in thioacetamide-induced acute hepatocellular injury in rats". EKB Journal Management System, 16, 1, 2004, 55-64. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2004.18175
Ebrahim, A., El-Gendy, A., El-Zawahry, B. (2004). 'Antihepatotoxic potential of ginseng (Panax ginseng) in thioacetamide-induced acute hepatocellular injury in rats', EKB Journal Management System, 16(1), pp. 55-64. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2004.18175
Ebrahim, A., El-Gendy, A., El-Zawahry, B. Antihepatotoxic potential of ginseng (Panax ginseng) in thioacetamide-induced acute hepatocellular injury in rats. EKB Journal Management System, 2004; 16(1): 55-64. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2004.18175

Antihepatotoxic potential of ginseng (Panax ginseng) in thioacetamide-induced acute hepatocellular injury in rats

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 5, Volume 16, Issue 1, July 2004, Page 55-64  XML PDF (278.85 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2004.18175
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Authors
Amira Tohamey Ebrahim1; Ahkam, M. El-Gendy1; Boshra El-Zawahry2
1Faculty of Science (Girls) Al-Azhar University, Egypt
2Faculty of Medicine (Girls) Al-Azhar University, Egypt
Abstract
Previous studies demonstrated the hepatotoxicity of thioacetamide (TAA) in rats. The present study is a trial to decline TAA-hepatotoxicity by using the roots of herbal medicinal plant (Panax ginseng) pre-treatment .
Low dose of TAA (50-mg/kg b.wt) was chosen to induce hepatoxicity in male rats previously treated with ginseng for 10 consecutive days. The tested parameters were studied after 24, 48 and 72 hours post TAA intoxication. Fluctuatious of serum glucose were noticed in TAA intoxicated rats increased after 24 h (+ 9.31%), 48h. (+ 7.11%), followed by moderate improvement after 72 h. (+5.39%) when compared with control group. Ginseng pretreatment enhanced these changes towards the normal values.
Serum and liver enzyme activities ( AST, AIT, ALP and GT) increased in TAA
intoxicated rats which peaked after 48 h, and began to decrease after 72h. Pretreatment with ginseng improved enzyme activities to some extent.
Reduced glutathione (GSH) as well as antioxidant enzyme glutathione reductase (GSH-R) activity while lipid peroxidation (LPO) increased in TAA intoxicated rats and enhanced by pretreatment with ginseng.
This results suggest that pretreatment with ginseng could improve the detoxifying activity of the liver rats with TAA-induced acute hepatotoxicity.
 
Keywords
Liver toxicity- Thioacetamide- Ginseng; Liver Function - Liver antioxidant - Lipid peroxidation
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