| RESEARCH ARTICLE |
|
| Year : 2010 | Volume
: 42
| Issue : 6 | Page : 384-387 |
Effect of l-ornithine l-aspartate against thioacetamide-induced hepatic damage in rats
Abul K Najmi1, KK Pillai1, SN Pal2, M Akhtar1, M Aqil3, M Sharma1
1 Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdard University, New Delhi 110 062, India
2 CH 1211, World Health Organization, Geneva 27, Swaziland
3 Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdard University, New Delhi 110 062, India
Correspondence Address:
Abul K Najmi
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdard University, New Delhi 110 062
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.71926
Objective: To investigate the hepatoprotective activity of L-ornithine-L-aspartate against thioacetamide (TAA)-induced hepataopathy in rats.
Materials and Methods: The hepatoprotective activity of L-ornithine-L-aspartate (OA) at a dose of 2 g/kg, p.o. for 10 days was evaluated against TAA (250 mg/kg, i.p. for 2 days) induced hepatopathy in rats. Biochemical parameters such as serum aspartate transaminase, alanine transaminase, alkaline phosphatase, bilirubin and glutathione, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, and protein in liver tissues were estimated to assess the liver function.
Results: TAA-induced pathogenic changes in the levels of the above indices were significantly (P < 0.01) reversed by the OA treatment. OA treatment also exhibited significant restoration of the hepatic architecture and lobular structure in histological evaluation of the rat liver sections.
Conclusion: Ornithine aspartate exhibited significant hepatoprotective activity against TAA-induced hepatic damage in rats.
[FULL TEXT] [PDF]*
|
