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J Vet Sci. 2008 Mar;9(1):31-37 |
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Protective and therapeutic effects of an extract mixture of alder tree, labiate herb, milk thistle green bean-rice bran fermentation, and turnip against ethanol-induced toxicity in the rat
Min-Won Baek1, Seung-Hyeok Seok1, Hui-Young Lee1, Dong Jae Kim1, Byoung-Hee Lee2, Young-Tae Ahn3, Kwang-Sei Lim3, Chul-Sung Huh3, Jae-Hak Park1,* |
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1Department of Laboratory Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
2Department of Animal Experimentation, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 110-799, Korea
3Dairy Product Research Team, Korea Yakult R&D Center, Yongin 446-901, Korea
* pjhak@snu.ac.kr |
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An herbal extract mixture and yogurt added to the
herbal extract mixture were tested for their protective and
therapeutic effects on ethanol-induced liver injury. The
herbal extract mixture, yogurt and commercial drugs were
used for treatment for two weeks prior to administering a
single oral dose of ethanol (3 g/kg body weight). The herbal
extract mixture and yogurt added to the herbal extract
mixture were found to provide protection against ethanolinduced
toxicity comparable to the commercial drug treatment,
according to the serum and histopathological analysis.
It was also shown that co-treatment with herbal extract
mixture and yogurt against a triple oral dose of ethanol (2
g/kg body weight, over one week) provided protection
against ethanol toxicity. After the initial set of experiments,
the herbal extract mixture and yogurt treatments were
extended for three more weeks. When compared to the
positive control, further treatment with both the herbal
extract and yogurt significantly reduced liver injury and
resulted in a lower grade of lipid deposition.
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