[Anti-oxidation effect of water extract of Flos chrysanthemi on heart and brain in vivo and in vitro].

This paper reported the effect of water extract of Flos Chrysanthemi on lipid per-oxidation (LPO) of heart and cerebral homogenate from rats incubated in 37 +/- 0.5 degrees C, of heart and cerebral homogenate from mice induced by .OH, of heart and cerebral mitochondria member induced by .OH, which was compared with Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae. The results showed that the inhibition effect of water extract of Flos Chrysanthemi on above-mentioned LPO was equal to Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae. It was concluded that water extract of Flos Chrysanthemi could restrain the produce of free radicals and LPO induced by free radicals.