ZHOU Kun, TAN Ying, LIU Zhan-biao, et al. Comparative Study on Hepatotoxicity of Olibanum and Myrrha in Rats[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2010, 16(6): 221-223.
ZHOU Kun, TAN Ying, LIU Zhan-biao, et al. Comparative Study on Hepatotoxicity of Olibanum and Myrrha in Rats[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2010, 16(6): 221-223.DOI:
Objective: To compare hepatotoxicity of Olibanum and Myrrha. Method: 48 Wistar rats were divided into four groups by random. 3 groups were intragastrically treated with Olibanum+ Myrrha
Olibanum
Myrrha that doses were all 2.1 g·kg-1 once a day for 12 weeks and the control group with water. The animals were anesthesia by chloral hydrate after fasting for 12 hours and serum biochemical indices were determined. Liver was weighted and liver coefficient was calculated
and MDA in liver tissue was determined. Histopathological examination for the liver was also performed with lightmicroscope. Result: TC in serum and MDA in liver tissue of the animals with Olibanumhe+Myrrha and Olibanumhe increased significantly compared with animials of control group.The liver coefficients of all groups administrated were significiantly higher than that of control group
which was Olibanum>Olibanum+ Myrrha>Myrrha. Histopathologic examination showed that 2 rats of the Olibanum group had fatty degeneration in liver but the animals of other groups didnt. Conclusion: Hepatotoxicity of Olibanum was higher than Myrrha in rats.