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Restoration of radiation injury in mice by two Chinese medicinal prescriptions Kuei‐Pi‐Tang and Jen‐Sheng‐Yang‐Yung‐Tang
Author(s) -
Hsu HsueYin,
Lin ChunChing,
Hau DouMong
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
phytotherapy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.019
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1573
pISSN - 0951-418X
DOI - 10.1002/ptr.2650060603
Subject(s) - medicine , traditional chinese medicine , traditional medicine , bone marrow , pi , spleen , radiosensitivity , platelet , pharmacology , immunology , pathology , biology , radiation therapy , biochemistry , alternative medicine
A comparison of Kuei‐Pi‐Tang and Jen‐Sheng‐Yang‐Yung‐Tang, two traditional Chinese medicines, on promoting the recovery of mice from radiation‐induced damage was studied by using the measurements of colony forming stem cells in spleen, the appearance of occult blood in feces and changes of hemograms after x‐irradiation. Different sequences of x‐irradiation were studied with or without drug administration in groups of ICR strain mice which were intraperitoneally injected at a concentration of 10 or 20 mg/20 g body weight, once a day for 7 consecutive days. Kuei‐Pi‐Tang showed no significant difference on the efficacy of recovery from hemorrhage and hemograms, as compared with that of Jen‐Sheng‐Yang‐Yung‐Tang. In contrast, the effect of Kuei‐Pi‐Tang on the recovery of CPUs was more likely induced by eliminating the radiosensitivity of bone marrow cells. However, Jen‐Sheng‐Yang‐Yung‐Tang appears to increase the radiotolerance of the cells. The recovery of thrombocyte counts which was reported to have an important influence on the survival ratio coincided with that of the recovery from hemorrhage.