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KMID : 0363320170380030327
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2017 Volume.38 No. 3 p.327 ~ p.335
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Dyslipidemic Effect of Pravastatin and Herbal Medicine in Rats
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Park Sung-Woon
Seo Yoon-Jeong
Choi Hyun-Jeong
Lew Jae-Hwan
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Abstract
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Objectives: The goal of this preclinical study was to compare the dyslipidemic effect of pravastatin with that of herbal medicine in rats.
Methods: In total, 40 rats were divided into 4 groups: Normal (10 rats), Control (10 rats), Statin alone (10 rats), and the MO-PM-S group (10 rats), which was given the powder of the cortex of Magnolia officinalis Rehd. et Wils., the root of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb, and pravastatin. The Control group, the Statin alone group, and the MO-PM-S group were all given a high-fat (45%) diet that made them obese. After 2 weeks of drug administration, the dyslipidemic effect of pravastatin was compared with that of herbal medicine in rats by analyzing the lipid profiles, measuring the body weights, and taking biopsies (liver, aorta).
Results: The herbal medicine and the statin complex group got a much lower TG level and a slightly higher HDL-cholesterol level than the other groups. However, it got a higher total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol level than the other groups. In biopsies, 30% of the Statin alone group and 10% of the MO-PM-S group showed mild histopathologic findings in the liver.
Conclusion: The cortex of the Magnolia officinalis Rehd. et Wils. and the root of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb have dyslipidemic effects from the perspective of a TG level and HDL-cholesterol. However, the herbal mixture has a raising effect on both the LDL-cholesterol and the total cholesterol levels. Therefore, we cannot conclude that the herbal mixture helps to prevent dyslipidemia. In liver biopsies, the group administered with both the herbal mixture and the statin showed less histopathologic findings than the group administered with statin alone. This means that the herbal mixture helps to prevent fatty degeneration of the liver.
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KEYWORD
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dyslipidemic effects, pravastatin, herbal medicine, Magnolia officinalis, Polygonum multiflorum
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