미나리는 간을 보호하며 간질환을 예방, 치유하는 효능이 있는 기능성식물로 인식되어 민간요법에 널리애용되고 있다. 그래서 알콜을 렛트와 마우스에 처리하여 만성, 아급성, 급성중독을 유도하고 밭미나리 발효액과 추출물 그리고 물미나리추출물의 효과를 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 렛트와 마우스에 에탄올을 2일동안 투여한결과 total cholesterol과 total glyceride의 수치가 증가되었으며 20일동안 밭미나리발효액과 추출물 그리고 물미나리추출물을 투여한후 에탄올을 2일동안 급여한균에서는 total cholesterol과 total glyceride의 감소 효과가 있었으나 처리간의 유의성은 인정되지않았다. 그러나 실험동물의 혈청중에 알콜에의해서 높아졌던 alanine aminotransferase 와 asparate aminotransferase는 밭미나리발효액 과 추출물에 의해서 감소되었으며 밭미나리발효액투여군에서 가장 많이 감소되어 처리간에 유의성이 인정되었다. 렛트에 10%에탄올을 10개월간 투여하여 만성알콜중독을 유발시킨다음 5일동안 물만 급여한군과 밭미나리발효액을 투여한군을 비교한바 total cholesterol은 40%, total glyceride는 60%의 감소효과가 있었으며 alanine aminotransferase 와 asparate aminotrasferase는 87.2%와 91.7%를 감소시켜 정상에 가깝게 회복시키는효과가 인정되었다. alkaline phosphatase, catalase, superoxide dismutase 및 glutathione peroxidase의 활성은 알콜의 처리에 의해서 급만성모두 유의적인 변동을 나타냈으며 밭미나리 발효액의 처리에 의해서 alkaline phosphatase와 superoxide dismutase의 활성에 특히 유의적인 감소를 가져왔다. 이와같은 결과는 물미나리보다 밭미나리발효액이 알콜성 간질환에 효능이있음을 시 사하는것이라 하겠다.
It has long been recognized that dropwort contains specific funtional subtances for protecting human liver and preventing and curing its diseases, and thus it has been widely utilized in traditional folk remedy. In the present study. fresh of fermented extract of dropwort shoots grown on dryland and fresh extract of those grown on flooded fie1d were fed to the rats suffering from acute, subacute or chronical toxication induced by alcohol administration, and their affects were investigated. Administration of alcohol to rats and mice for 2 days at 5ml of 30% EtOH/kg/day raised total cholesterol and total glyceride which were, however, great1y supressed when alcohol was administered to the laboratory animals previously fed on fresh or fermented extract of dryland dropwort, or fresh extract of flooded field-grown dropwort for 20 days, without significant differences among the extracts. The levels of alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase which were raised by alcohol adminstration were also lowered by feeding dropwort extract, among which that of fermented dryland-grown one was more effective than the other two. Chronic alcohol toxication was induced to rats by administering 10% alcohol for 10 months and fermented dropwort extract or tap water was fed to the rats for 5 days. The rats fed on fermented dropwort extract were lower in total cholesterol by 40% and in tota1 glyceride by 60% than the control. Alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase in the rats fed on fermented dropwort extract were decreased by 87.2% and 91.7%, respectively, compared to the control, and the rats recovered almost to normal. Activity of alkaline phosphatase, catalase, superoxide dismutase or glutathione peroxidase changed greatly by alcohol administration in the rats suffering from chronic as well as acute toxication. The extract of fermented dry land dropwort significantly lowed the activity of those enzymes, especially, alkaline phosphatase and superoxide dismutase. The present results suggesting the possible medicinal effect of fermented dropwort extract to liver diseases.
