Protective Activities of Aucubin Against Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Liver Damage in Mice
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Drug and Chemical Toxicology
- Vol. 6 (5), 443-453
- https://doi.org/10.3109/01480548309014166
Abstract
An iridoid glucoside, aucubin was isolated from Aucuba japonica leaves and its protective activities against CCl4-induced hepatotoxicity were evaluated by measuring the duration of hypnosis induced by hexobarbital after CCl4 challenge (0.2 ml/kg/day, po) and the levels of serum glutamic-oxalacetic (GOT) and serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT). The duration of hypnosis for the saline control group, the CCl4 alone treated group and the aucubin plus CCl4 treated group was 24.8 +/- 8.5, 60.5 +/- 9.5 and 28.0 +/- 3.2 min, respectively. Treatment of mice with aucubin also effectively protected against CCl4-induced increased serum GOT and GPT activities. It was found that aucubin inhibited hepatic RNA and protein syntheses in vivo. Such inhibitory effects of aucubin might be responsible for protective activities against CCl4-induced liver damage.Keywords
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