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The effect of an ethanolic extract of the plantTrianthema portulacastrum L. on the CCI4-induced chronic hepatocellular damage of Swiss albino mice has been investigated. The normal mice received olive oil (0.2 ml/mouse) for five weeks. The CCI4 control mice, on the other hand, received CCI4 (0.05 ml/mouse) in olive oil for five weeks. The extract was administered at the dose of 100 mg/kg or 150 mg/kg for five weeks by gastric intubation in addition to CCI4 treatment. The CCI4 administraction alone caused hepatocellular necrosis, severe anemia, leucopaenia, lymphocytopaenia, neutrophilia, eosinophilia and haemoglobinaemia along with the alterations of plasma albumin and globulin. The administration of plant extract (at 100 or 150 mg/kg) restored the CCI4-induced alterations of the haematological parameters to the normal level. The extract ofT. portulacastrum elicited a marked protection against CCI4-induced hepatotoxicity as indicated by the several haematological parameters, related indices of formed elements, and different fractions of plasma protein. We also observed the dose-dependent antihepatotoxic effect of the extraction on these mice. The 150 mg/kg of extract was found to be more effective in normalizing the toxic effects of CCI4 on the above parameters of mice. These results suggest that the hepatoprotective effect ofT. portulacastrum could be caused by its critical involvement in modulating several factors associated with erythropoiesis, and the boosting of general immunity of the host.
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Mandal, A., Karmakar, R., Bandyopadhyay, S. et al. Antihepatotoxic potential ofTrianthema portulacastrum in carbon tetrachloride-induced chronic hepatocellular injury in mice: Reflection in haematological, histological and biochemical characteristics. Arch. Pharm. Res. 21, 223–230 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02975279
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