The Evaluation of Reno- and Hepato- Protective Effects of Huai-Shan-Yao (Rhizome Dioscoreae)

[Guest guest]

The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, Vol. 30, No. 4, 609-616

© 2002 World Scientific Publishing Company

& Institute for Advanced Research in Asian Science and Medicine

doi:10.1142/S0192415X02000624

The Evaluation of Reno- and Hepato- Protective Effects of Huai-Shan-Yao

(Rhizome Dioscoreae)

Shih-Chang Lee, Chin-Chun Tsai Jung-Chou Chen, Chun-Ching Lin, Miao-Lin Hu

and Shin Lu

Department of Food Science, National Chung Hsing University

School of Post Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, China Medical College

School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical College

Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Kaohsiung medical University

Huai-Shan-Yao (Chinese yam; Rhizome Dioscoreae) is a common food in china.

In the present study, we evaluated the protective effects of the crude

extract of Huai-Shan-Yao on acute kidney and liver injuries in rats induced

by ethanol. Results of pharmacological, biochemical and pathologic

observations all showed that rats treated with the extract of Huai-Shan-Yao

had decreased damage in renal tubules as well as decreased inflammation in

the central vein and necrosis in the liver tissue.

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Footnotes:

Correspondence to: Prof. Shin Lu, Department of Food Science, National

Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 40227, R.O.C. Fax: (+886)

04-2287-0570, E-mail: slu@...

[Guest guest]

The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, Vol. 30, No. 4, 609-616

© 2002 World Scientific Publishing Company

& Institute for Advanced Research in Asian Science and Medicine

doi:10.1142/S0192415X02000624

The Evaluation of Reno- and Hepato- Protective Effects of Huai-Shan-Yao

(Rhizome Dioscoreae)

Shih-Chang Lee, Chin-Chun Tsai Jung-Chou Chen, Chun-Ching Lin, Miao-Lin Hu

and Shin Lu

Department of Food Science, National Chung Hsing University

School of Post Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, China Medical College

School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical College

Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Kaohsiung medical University

Huai-Shan-Yao (Chinese yam; Rhizome Dioscoreae) is a common food in china.

In the present study, we evaluated the protective effects of the crude

extract of Huai-Shan-Yao on acute kidney and liver injuries in rats induced

by ethanol. Results of pharmacological, biochemical and pathologic

observations all showed that rats treated with the extract of Huai-Shan-Yao

had decreased damage in renal tubules as well as decreased inflammation in

the central vein and necrosis in the liver tissue.

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Footnotes:

Correspondence to: Prof. Shin Lu, Department of Food Science, National

Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 40227, R.O.C. Fax: (+886)

04-2287-0570, E-mail: slu@...

[Guest guest]

The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, Vol. 30, No. 4, 609-616

© 2002 World Scientific Publishing Company

& Institute for Advanced Research in Asian Science and Medicine

doi:10.1142/S0192415X02000624

The Evaluation of Reno- and Hepato- Protective Effects of Huai-Shan-Yao

(Rhizome Dioscoreae)

Shih-Chang Lee, Chin-Chun Tsai Jung-Chou Chen, Chun-Ching Lin, Miao-Lin Hu

and Shin Lu

Department of Food Science, National Chung Hsing University

School of Post Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, China Medical College

School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical College

Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Kaohsiung medical University

Huai-Shan-Yao (Chinese yam; Rhizome Dioscoreae) is a common food in china.

In the present study, we evaluated the protective effects of the crude

extract of Huai-Shan-Yao on acute kidney and liver injuries in rats induced

by ethanol. Results of pharmacological, biochemical and pathologic

observations all showed that rats treated with the extract of Huai-Shan-Yao

had decreased damage in renal tubules as well as decreased inflammation in

the central vein and necrosis in the liver tissue.

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Footnotes:

Correspondence to: Prof. Shin Lu, Department of Food Science, National

Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 40227, R.O.C. Fax: (+886)

04-2287-0570, E-mail: slu@...

[Guest guest]

The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, Vol. 30, No. 4, 609-616

© 2002 World Scientific Publishing Company

& Institute for Advanced Research in Asian Science and Medicine

doi:10.1142/S0192415X02000624

The Evaluation of Reno- and Hepato- Protective Effects of Huai-Shan-Yao

(Rhizome Dioscoreae)

Shih-Chang Lee, Chin-Chun Tsai Jung-Chou Chen, Chun-Ching Lin, Miao-Lin Hu

and Shin Lu

Department of Food Science, National Chung Hsing University

School of Post Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, China Medical College

School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical College

Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Kaohsiung medical University

Huai-Shan-Yao (Chinese yam; Rhizome Dioscoreae) is a common food in china.

In the present study, we evaluated the protective effects of the crude

extract of Huai-Shan-Yao on acute kidney and liver injuries in rats induced

by ethanol. Results of pharmacological, biochemical and pathologic

observations all showed that rats treated with the extract of Huai-Shan-Yao

had decreased damage in renal tubules as well as decreased inflammation in

the central vein and necrosis in the liver tissue.

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----

Footnotes:

Correspondence to: Prof. Shin Lu, Department of Food Science, National

Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 40227, R.O.C. Fax: (+886)

04-2287-0570, E-mail: slu@...