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Antihepatotoxic effect of Heat-treated Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum in $CCl_4-induced$ Rats and the Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Volatile Sulfur Substances

  • Park, Hee-Juhn (Department of Botanical Resources, Sangji University) ;
  • Jung, Hyun-Ju (Department of Botanical Resources, Sangji University) ;
  • Lim, Sang-Cheol (Department of Botanical Resources, Sangji University) ;
  • Jung, Won-Tae (Central Research Institute, Il-Yang Pharmaceutical Co.) ;
  • Kim, Won-Bae (National Alpine Agricultural Experimental Station, RDA) ;
  • Park, Kwang-Kyun (College of Dentistry, Younsei University) ;
  • Lee, Jin-Ha (College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Choi, Jong-Won (College of Pharmacy, Kyungsung University)
  • Published : 2005.06.01
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Abstract

The ethanolic extracts of the leaves and bulbs of Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum (Liliaceae) collected from Daegwallyoung (D) and Ullung Island (U) in Korea were obtained using three different extracting methods. The first extracts, DL-1 DB-1, UL-1 and UB-1, were obtained from leaves (L) and bulbs (B) dried at $90^{\circ}C$, respectively, and the second extracts, DL-2, DB-2, UL-2 and UB-2, were obtained by extracting the leaves and bulbs of fresh plant parts. The third extracts DL-3, DB-3, UL-3 and UB-3 were obtained by incubating leaves and bulbs at $36^{\circ}C$. The six extracts obtained from A. victorialis var. platyphyllum at Daegwanllyoung (cultivated site) were orally administered to examine for a possible antihepatotoxic effect in $CCl_4-induced$ rats. DL-1 exhibited the most pronounced effect. The extracts inhibited serum ALT, AST, SDH, ${\gamma}-GT$, ALP and LDH activities elevated by $CCl_4$ injection and attenuated decreased glutathione S-transferase, glutatione reductase and ${\gamma}-glutamylcysteine$ synthetase activities and a decreased hepatic glutathione. However, the extracts obtained from Ullung Is. (native site) were less active than the extracts from Daegwallyoung, suggesting that A. victorialis var. platyphyllum from the cultivated site is more useful for functional food than of native site. These results also suggest that the antihepatotoxic effect is due to a higher content of hepatic glutathione. Gas chromatography of the twelve extracts showed significantly different sulfides, disulfides or trisulfides contents belonging to volatile sulfur substances (VSS). Nine components were identified on the basis of their mass spectra, namely, dimethyl disulfide, dimethyl trisulfide, diallyl disulfide, dipropyl disulfide, allyl methyl sulfide, allyl methyl trisulfide, 2-vinyl-4H-1,3-dithiin, 3,4-dihydro-3-vinyl-1,2-dithiin, and allithiamine. Extract DL-1 had the highest VSS content. Dried plant materials contained larger amounts of the VSSs than other extracts, and the leaves contained larger amount than the bulbs. These results suggest that heat treatment increases the antiheaptotoxic ability of A. victorialis var. platyphyllum by increasing the proportion of VSSs.

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