LI Cheng-hao, ZHANG Hong-ying. Protective Effect of Extracts from Astragali Radix on Liver Fibrosis Induced by CCl in Rats[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2011, 17(20): 217-220.
LI Cheng-hao, ZHANG Hong-ying. Protective Effect of Extracts from Astragali Radix on Liver Fibrosis Induced by CCl in Rats[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2011, 17(20): 217-220.DOI:
Objective: To study protective effect of extracts from Astragalus Radix on liver fibrosis induced by CCl4 in rats and its mechanisms. Method: Liver fibrosis model was established by CCl4.Rats were randomly divided into normal group
model group and extracts from Astragali Radix group.Activity of alanine aminotransferase(ALT)
aspartate aminotransferase(AST) was determined by Reitman-Franke's method. Serum levels of hyaluronic acid(HA) and tumor necrosis factor alpha(TNF-α) were detected by radio-immunity method.Pathological changes of liver were observed. Result: Extracts from Astragali Radix significantly decreased the activity of ALT and AST in rats with liver fibrosis.Compared with model group
extracts from Astragalus Radix could obviously alleviated liver fibrosis injury and reduce HA and TNF-α level in rats. Conclusion: The extracts from Astragali Radix had significantly protective effect on liver fibrosis in rats
and its mechanisms might be related to decreasing HA and TNF-α level.