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Issue: No. 38 (2024): JOURNAL OF 175 PRACTICAL MEDICINE AND PHARMACY
Section: SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH WORKS
DOI: 10.59354/ydth175.2024.269
Date Published: 30/06/2024
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Hoang, Đ. T., Nguyen, T. P., Truong, T. T. H., Hoang, L. T. A., Hoang, A. T., Tran, V. T., Nguyen, T. B., & Le, Q. T. (2024). EVALUATION OF THE PREVENTIVE EFFECTS OF CIRRHOSIS OF AN XOA PLANT EXTRACT (Helicteres hirsuta Lour) IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS. Journal of 175 Practical Medicine and Pharmacy, 38, 10. https://doi.org/10.59354/ydth175.2024.269

EVALUATION OF THE PREVENTIVE EFFECTS OF CIRRHOSIS OF AN XOA PLANT EXTRACT (Helicteres hirsuta Lour) IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS

Đac Thang Hoang1, , Thong Phan Nguyen2, Thi Thu Hien Truong1, Le Tuan Anh Hoang3, Anh Tuan Hoang1, Van Tung Tran1, Thanh Binh Nguyen1, Quoc Toan Le1
1 Center for Training and Research in Toxicology and Radiology, Military Medical Academy
2 Military Hospital 175
3 Center for Research and Technology Transfer, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology

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Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the prophylactic effects of cirrhosis of Helicteres hirsuta Lour (HHW) in experimental animals.

Subjects and methods: White rats were divided into four groups, each with 10 rats. Group 1: the control group drank distilled water at 10 ml/kg body weight per day. Groups 2, 3, and 4 were subcutaneously injected with CCl4 dissolved in olive oil twice a week for 12 weeks to induce cirrhosis. Group 2: (CCl4 group) drank distilled water at 10 ml/kg body weight per day. Group 3: (Silymarin group) drank silymarin at a dose of 0.2 g/kg body weight per day. Group 4: (HHW group) drank HHW at a dose of 1.3 g/kg body weight per day.

Results: The activities of AST, ALT, and GGT in the Silymarin and HHW groups were significantly lower than in the CCl4 group, with p < 0.001 and p < 0.05, respectively. Histopathological images showed that 7/10 rats in the CCl4 group developed F4 stage cirrhosis, while in the Silymarin and HHW groups, only 2/10 rats, the majority of rats had liver fibrosis at stages F2 and F3.

Conclusion: HHW at a dose of 1.3 g/kg body weight had the effect of hepatoprotective against liver fibrosis caused by CCl4 in white rats.

Keywords

Cirrhosis, CCl4, Helicteres hirsuta Lour, white rats

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