Hepatoprotective activity of phenylethanoids from Cistanche deserticola

Planta Med. 1998 Mar;64(2):120-5. doi: 10.1055/s-2006-957387.

Abstract

Four phenylethanoids isolated from the stems of Cistanche deserticola, acteoside (1), 2'-acetylacteoside (2), isoacteoside (3) and tubuloside B (4), significantly suppressed NADPH/CCl4-induced lipid peroxidation in rat liver microsomes. Addition of them to primary cultured rat hepatocytes efficiently prevented cell damage induced by exposure to CCl4 or D-galactosamine (D-GalN). Acteoside (1) further showed pronounced anti-hepatotoxic activity against CCl4 in vivo.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carbon Tetrachloride / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Carbon Tetrachloride / toxicity*
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Glucosides / chemistry
  • Glucosides / isolation & purification*
  • Glucosides / pharmacology
  • Lipid Peroxidation / drug effects
  • Liver / cytology
  • Liver / drug effects*
  • Liver / pathology
  • Male
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional
  • Microsomes, Liver / drug effects
  • Microsomes, Liver / metabolism
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phenols*
  • Plant Extracts*
  • Plants, Medicinal*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar

Substances

  • 2'-acetylacteoside
  • Glucosides
  • Phenols
  • Plant Extracts
  • tubuloside B
  • acteoside
  • isoacteoside
  • Carbon Tetrachloride