|
|
Study on chronic toxicity of freeze-dried powdered Cassiae Semen in Sprague-Dawley rats |
WEI Ruoyao PEI Yanyu SUN Jingjiang GAO Hong |
Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences Comparative Medicine Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China |
|
|
Abstract Objective To evaluate the chronic toxicity of Semen Cassiae freeze-dried powder in rats. Methods 480 SD rats were randomly divided into 4 groups (60 male and 60 female per group): control group (pure water), low-dose group (0.5 g/kg BW), mid-dose group (2.2 g/kg BW) and high-dose group (10.0 g/kg BW). The volume of drug for gavaging was 1.0 mL/100 g. animals were administrated with drug by 6 days every week for 52 weeks. Subsequently, the weight and foodintake were examined per week. Meanwhile, hematology, blood biochemistry, organ weight, organ coefficient and histopathology were detected on 13-week, 26- week, 39-week and 52-week, and stopping drug at the end of 26-week, 52-week following by 4 weeks recovery period with killing 20 rats in each group. Results ①The result showed there was no death case in each group. ②The weight of rats in dose groups and control group were increased, and it showed dose-related. ③Compared with the control group, the total bilirubin of male rats in mid-dose and high-dose group were lower after 26 weeks (P < 0.01), after recovery period the TBIL of male rats in high-dose group was still lower (P < 0.01). After 39 weeks treatment, the TBIL in high-dose group lower compared with the control group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01); The triglyceride of male rats in high-dose group was lower after 52 weeks(P < 0.05) and returned to normal after recovered 4 weeks. On 26 weeks and 39 weeks, there were significant increased in relative kidney weights of male rats in mid-dose group and high-dose group compared with control group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). ④The toxic target organ in high-dose group was kidney on 26, 39, 52 weeks, and the toxicity was irreversible, no toxic showed in low-dose group and mid-dose group. Conclusion The no-observed-adverse-effect level for Semen Cassiae freeze-dried powder was 2.2 g/kg BW in rats, and the toxic target organ in high-dose (10.0 g/kg BW) group was kidney.
|
|
|
|
|
[1] 裴妙荣,贾宏伟,王世明.生、炒决明子蒽醌含量比较[J].中国中药杂志,1990,15(8):29.
[2] 郭金华.近年来决明子的药理药化临床研究进展[J].中国中医药信息杂志,1999,6(12):23-25.
[3] 李续娥,郭宝江,曾志,等.决明子蛋白质、低聚糖及蒽醌苷降压作用的实验研究[J].中草药,2003,34(9):842-843.
[4] Patil UK,Saraf S,Dixit VK. Hypolipidemic activity of seeds of Cassia tora Linn [J]. J Ethnopharmacol,2004,90(2-3):249-252.
[5] 程玲玲,孙梅,涂凌.决明子提取物对植物病原菌的抑菌活性初探[J].四川理工学院学报:自然科学版,2005,2(18):53-55.
[6] 邓响潮,孙桂波,宋威.决明子蒽醌苷对小鼠免疫功能的调节作用[J].药物研究,2008,17(11):10-11.
[7] Benavides SH,Morgante PE,Monserrat AJ,et al.The pigment of melanosis coli:a lectin histochemical study [J]. Gastrointest Endosc,1997,46(2):131-138.
[8] National Toxicology Program(NTP).Toxicology and carcin-ogenesis studies of emodin(CAS NO:1518-82-1)feed Studies in F344/N rats and B6C3FI mice[J].Natl Toxical Program Tech Rep Ser,2001,493:1-278.
[9] 周宇红,汪会玲,杨华,等.决明子亚慢性毒性病理实验[J].毒理学杂志,2006,19(3):265-266.
[10] China Pharmacopoeia Committee. Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China [M]. Beijing:China Chemical Industry Press,2010:87.
[11] 郭金华.近年来决明子的药理药化临床研究进展[J].中国中医药信息杂志,1999,6(12):23-25.
[12] Drever BD,Anderson WG,Riedel G,et al. The seed extract of Cassia obtusifolia offers neuroprotection to mouse hippocampal cultures [J]. J Pharmacol Sci,2008,107(4):380-392.
[13] Huang YL,Chow CJ,Tsai YH. Composition,characteristics,and in-vitro physiological effects of the water-soluble polysaccharides from Cassia seed [J]. Food Chem, 2012,134(4),1967-1972.
[14] Xie Q,Guo FF,Zhou W. Protective effects of cassia seed ethanol extract against carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury in mice [J]. Acta Biochem Pol,2012,59(2):265-270.
[15] Wang J,Zhao Y,Xiao X,et al. Assessment of the renal protection and hepatotoxicity of rhubarb extract in rats [J]. J Ethnopharmacol,2009,124(1):18-25.
[16] Shang M,Zhang X,Dong Q,et al. Isolation and structural characterization of the water-extractable polysaccharides from Cassia Obtusifolia seeds [J]. Carbohydr Polym,2012, 90(2):827-832.
[17] Zhang WD,Wang Y,Wang Q,et al. Quality evaluation of Semen Cassiae (Cassia obtusifolia L.) using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry [J]. J Sep Sci,2012,35(16):2054-2062.
[18] Xie W,Zhao Y,Du L. Emerging approaches of traditional Chinese medicine formulas for the treatment of hyper-lipidemia [J]. J Ethnopharmacol,2012,140(2):345-367.
[19] Voss KA,Brennecke LH. Toxicological and hematological effects of sicklepod (Cassia obtusifolia) seeds in Sprague-Dawley rats: a subchronic feeding study [J]. Toxicon,1991, 29(11):1329-1336. |
|
|
|