- 홍삼의 전처리에 의한 사염화탄소 및 갈락토사민 유발 간독성에 대한 보호효과
- ㆍ 저자명
- 이정규,김나영,한용남,최종원,Lee. Chung-Kyu,Kim. Na-Young,Han. Yong-Nam,Choi. Jong-Won
- ㆍ 간행물명
- Journal of ginseng research
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2003년|27권 1호|pp.1-10 (10 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 고려인삼학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
In present study, we examined whether or not the pretreatment of Korean Red Ginseng (KRG) could protect hepatotoxicity induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl$_4$) and D-galatosamine (GalN). For this study, we not only tested activity of various plasma enzymes (AST, ALT, SDH, LDH), which are used as indicators of liver disease, but also checked the change of liver components such as lipid, glutathione and cytochromes content, and several liver enzyme activity. Pretreatment of KRG for two weeks significantly reduced the elevated plasma enzyme activities induced by CCl$_4$ and GalN. Pretreatment of KRG also restored the hepatic enzymes, malonedialdehyde formation, and depletion of reduced glutathione content induced by CCl$_4$ and GalN to near normal level. However, ${gamma}$-glutamylcysteine synthetase activity was lot affected by KRG. These results suggest that KRG shows the hepatoprotective effect by reducing lipid peroxidation, by reducing the activity of free radical generating enzymes, and by preserving the hepatic glutathione.