Gastrointestinal enhancement of MRI with melanin derived from tea leaves (Thea sinensis Linn.)

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Title:	Gastrointestinal enhancement of MRI with melanin derived from tea leaves (Thea sinensis Linn.)
Authors:	Hung, YC;Sava, VM;Juang, CL;Yeh, TC;Shen, WC;Huang, GWS
Contributors:	藥學院中藥所;China Med Coll, Inst Chinese Pharmaceut Sci, Taichung 404, Taiwan;China Med Coll, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, Gynecol Oncol Sect, Taichung 404, Taiwan;Yuan Pei Tech Coll, Dept Radiol Technol, Hsinchu, Taiwan;Taipei Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Radiol, Taipei, Taiwan;China Med Coll, Dept Radiol, Taichung 404, Taiwan
Date:	2002
Issue Date:	2010-09-24 15:01:50 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
Abstract:	The objective of this study was to compare the modulatory effect of garlic oil and its three organosulfur compounds, diallyl sulfide (DAS), diallyl disulfide (DADS), and diallyl trisulfide (DATS), on rat hepatic detoxification enzyme activity, and protein and mRNA expression. Rats were orally administered garlic oil (80 or 200 mg/kg bw), DAS (20 or 80 mg/kg bw), DADS (80 mg/kg bw), or DATS (70 mg/kg bw) three times a week for 6 weeks. Control rats received corn oil. According to the results, garlic oil and DAS in dosages of 200 and 80 mg/kg bw, respectively, significantly increased pentoxyresorufin O-dealkylase (PROD) activity as compared with the that of the control rats (P < 0.05). In contrast, N-nitrosodimethylamine demethylase activity in rats that received DADS and DATS was significantly lower than that in the control rats (P < 0.05). Ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase and erythromycin demethylase activities were not influenced by garlic oil, DAS, DADS, or DATS. To the phase 11 enzyme, garlic oil, DADS, and DATS significantly increased the glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity toward ethacrynic aicd (P < 0.05). Immunoblot assay showed that the protein contents of cytochrome P450 1A1, 2B1, and 3A1 were increased by garlic oil and each of three allyl sulfides, and the change among the allyl sulfides was in the order of DAS > DADS > DATS. The placental form of GST (PGST) level was also increased by garlic oil and the three allyl sulfides, but the increase among the allyl sulfides was DATS congruent to DADS > DAS. P450 2E1, however, was suppressed by each garlic component. Northern blot results indicated that the changes in P450 1A1, 2131, 3A1, and PGST mRNA levels by garlic components were similar to those noted in the protein levels, These results indicate that the modulatory effect of garlic oil on hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes can be attributed to its three major allyl sulfide components DAS, DADS, and DATS. These three allyl sulfides vary in modulatory activity, and this variation is related to the number of sulfur atoms in the molecule.
Relation:	JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 79(1):75-79
Appears in Collections:	[Graduate Institute of Chinese Pharmaceutical Science] Journal articles

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