| Literature DB >> 7843333 |
Y Oshima1, K Namao, A Kamijou, S Matsuoka, M Nakano, K Terao, Y Ohizumi.
Abstract
The methanol extract of the Oriental medicinal plant Vitis coignetiae (Vitaceae) showed hepatoprotective activity in the in vitro assay method using primary cultured rat hepatocytes. Activity-guided fractionation of the extract afforded epsilon-viniferin as an active principle. The protective effect of epsilon-viniferin against mice carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic injury in mice was shown by serum enzyme assay as well as by pathological examination. In addition to epsilon-viniferin, plant oligostilbenes, ampelopsins A, C, F and the mixture of vitisin A and cis-vitisin A were also present in the extract. Among them, ampelopsin C and the mixture of vitisin A and cis-vitisin A were found to be powerful hepatotoxins.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7843333 DOI: 10.1007/bf01964921
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Experientia ISSN: 0014-4754