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2024 , Vol. 44 >Issue 5: 926 - 933

DOI: https://doi.org/10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.2024.05.003

Protective effect of Zhizi Huangqi Shanzha formula (栀子黄芪山楂方) on aflatoxin poisoning in mice and its effect on intestinal flora

  • Chuanbo SUN ,
  • Guangpei XU ,
  • Ping JIANG ,
  • Shipping HUANG ,
  • Cunwu CHEN ,
  • Yanfei HE
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  • College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an 237012, China

Received date: 2023-03-12

  Accepted date: 2023-07-14

  Online published: 2024-09-11

Supported by

Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province-Quantitative Constitutive Effect and Mechanism of Action of Dendrobium Polysaccharides against Tumours based on the Tumour Microenvironment(2208085QH273);Natural Science Research Project for Anhui Universities-mechanism of Anti-bacterial Diarrhea Effect of Probiotic-fermented Portulaca Oleracea in Targeting and Regulating Amino acid Metabolism of Intestinal Flora and Screening of Anti-tumor Active Fraction of Paris polyphylla and its Effect on the Tumour Immune Microenvironment(2023AH052634);Natural Science Research Project for Anhui Universities-mechanism of Anti-bacterial Diarrhea Effect of Probiotic-fermented Portulaca Oleracea in Targeting and Regulating Amino acid Metabolism of Intestinal Flora and Screening of Anti-tumor Active Fraction of Paris polyphylla and its Effect on the Tumour Immune Microenvironment(2022AH051668)

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the protective effect of Zhizi Huangqi Shanzha formula (栀子黄芪山楂方, ZHSF) on aflatoxin-induced liver injury.

METHODS: The protective effect of ZHSF on the aflatoxin-induced liver injury was evaluated by histological observation, blood cell analysis, evaluation of liver function and immunity, and gut microbiota analysis.

RESULTS: ZHSF can significantly up-regulate the percentage of lymphocytes and eosinophils in the blood of Aflatoxin B1-intoxicated mice, down-regulate the levels of serum aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, and malondialdehyde, and recover the liver tissue structure. Aflatoxin poisoning induces a variation of the intestinal flora of mice, and ZHSF may recover the variation of intestinal flora induced by Aflatoxin B1. Cluster analysis showed that the intestinal flora of mice in the intervention group was more similar to that of the control group. Correlation analysis showed that Lachnospiraceae, Desulfovibrio, and Lactobacillus may be the key flora for the pharmacological effects of ZHSF.

CONCLUSIONS: ZHSF may protect against aflatoxin-induced liver damage, improve immunity, and inhibit oxidative stress by regulating the composition and relative abundance of intestinal flora, which makes it a promising liver-protective candidate drug.

Key words： protective effect; mice; liver injury; aflatoxicosis; gastrointestinal microbiome; Zhizi Huangqi Shanzha formula

Cite this article

Chuanbo SUN , Guangpei XU , Ping JIANG , Shipping HUANG , Cunwu CHEN , Yanfei HE . Protective effect of Zhizi Huangqi Shanzha formula (栀子黄芪山楂方) on aflatoxin poisoning in mice and its effect on intestinal flora[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2024 , 44(5) : 926 -933 . DOI: 10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.2024.05.003

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