Protective Effect of Panax ginseng extract on Renal Functions Altered by Mercuric Chloride in Albino Rats
Protective Effect of Panax ginseng extract on Renal Functions Altered by Mercuric Chloride in Albino Rats
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人参提取物对氯化汞所致白化大鼠肾功能的保护作用
DOI:
10.5142/jgr.2006.30.3.100
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发表时间:
2006
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
Ashok Kumar
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作者:
P. N. Saxena;K. Mahour;Ashok Kumar
Liver and kidney are specific organs which play an active role in biotransformation and detoxification mechanisms. Ant adverse effect of chemicals or heavy metal can cause the delay or fade in these mechanisms. Present study was designed to find out the protective effect of Panax ginseng extract on renal functions altered by mercuric chloride (heavy metal) in albino rat. Fifty albino rats were divided into 10 groups. Five groups for acute study and five groups for sud-acute study viz. control group (Tween 20 and distilled water), mercuric chloride treated group (0.926 ㎎/㎏ body wt. for acute and 0.044 ㎎/㎏ body wt. for sub-acute group after calculated LD?? (9.26 ㎎/㎏ body wt.) by probit analysis (Finney, 1971)¹, Panax ginseng extract treated group (10 ㎎/㎏ body wt. for acute and sub-acute sets), mercuric chloride treated followed by Panax ginseng extract and Panax ginseng extract followed by mercuric chloride group. All doses were given orally by gavage tube. The result revealed that the serum urea and creatinine significantly increased in mercuric chloride treated group, while significantly decreased (p<0.01) in Panax ginseng extract group after acute and sub-acute treatment. The biochemical estimation is also confirmed by nephropathological aspect. However, the Panax ginseng extract treated followed by mercuric chloride group is more prominent than the mercuric chloride treated followed by Panax ginseng extract group. It can be concluded that Panax ginseng extract had a protective nature on renal functions against mercuric chloride toxicity in albino rats.