Zhao JX, Guo HY, Lu WT, Shao M. Efficacy of Shuanghu liver-clearing granule in prevention and treatment of carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic fibrosis in rats.
Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2008;
16:3215-3220. [DOI:
10.11569/wcjd.v16.i28.3215]
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Abstract
AIM: To investigate the effects of Shuanghu liver-clearing granule on prevention and treatment of carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic fibrosis in rats.
METHODS: Sixty Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 6 groups, namely normal control group (group A), model group (group B), Shuanghu liver-clearing granule small-, middle-, large-dose groups (group C1, C2, C3) and silymarin control group (group D). The rats in group B, group C1, C2, C3 and group D were subcutaneously administrated with carbon tetrachloride for 8 wk. Then the rats in group C1, C2, C3 were administered with Shuanghu liver-clearing granule at different doses for 8 wk. The rats in group D were then administered with silymarin. The levels of serum HA, ⅣC, PⅢP of all rats were measured respectively under the same condition and at the same time. The pathological changes of hepatic fibrosis and the density of collagen in liver specimens of all rats were assessed using HE and Masson staining.
RESULTS: Compared with group B, lipid vacuoles and liver necrosis were significantly reduced, and false lobular formation of collagen deposition was significantly decreased in group C3 and D. There was fibrosis difference between group C1, C2, C3 and group D (12.6 ± 4.6, 10.7 ± 3.9, 6.4 ± 3.4, 6.5 ± 3.3 vs 16.1 ± 5.5, all P < 0.05). Serum HA and PⅢP levels were lower in group C3, D than in group B (161.50 ± 37.38, 185.30 ± 9.76 vs 292.25 ± 72.99; 18.55 ± 2.27, 17.60 ± 2.54 vs 33.42 ± 6.49; 19.49 ± 3.26, 25.84 ± 4.69 vs 36.58 ± 8.13, P < 0.001 or 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Shuanghu liver-clearing granule has obvious therapeutic and preventive effects on carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic fibrosis with a dose-effect relationship in rats.
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