Basic & Clinical Medicine ›› 2012, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (10): 1198-1201.

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Grape seed procyanidin decreases the acute chemical hepatic injury in mice

  

  • Received:2011-12-29 Revised:2012-03-01 Online:2012-10-05 Published:2012-09-28

Abstract: Background: Even though there are so many researches on grape seed procyanidin, its protective effect on chemical hepatic injury in mouse has seldom been explored. Objective:To investigate the protective effect of grape seed procyanidin on chemical hepatic injury in mouse Methods:Copy acute chemical hepatic injury in the mouse with alcohol and carbon tetrachloride respectively as the model group; treat the mouse with different concentrations of grape seed procyanidin (GSP) by intragastric administration as the treatment group; then detect the serum concentration of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST); analyze the content of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malondialdehyde (MDA) and observe the pathological change in the hepatic tissue. Results:Two types of acute chemical hepatic injury model were obtained successfully and all index in the model groups differed from the control group significantly (P<0.01). Compared with the model groups, the content of MDA and serum concentration of ALT and AST in the treatment group decreased dose-dependently (P<0.05), but SOD increased in a dose-dependent way. Conclusions:GSP has some protective effect on the alcohol or carbon tetrachloride-induced chemical hepatic injury in the mouse. To some extent, GSP protects the liver in a dose-dependent way.

Key words: Grape seed procyanidin , ALT, AST, SOD, MDA