Experiment 490525

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeINTRAGASTRIC
OrganismTripterygium wilfordii (CELASTRACEAE)
CitationLI,CG: LI,GH: LIU,XQ: CHEN,HN: LI,CY:. (1989). HISTOPATHOLOGICAL OBSERVATION ON THE TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYLETITIS WITH TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII.. 9(2)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseGUINEA-PIGS WITH EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS WERE GIVEN LEIGONGTENG DECOCTION COMPOSED OF TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII 6 G/KG PO ONCE DAILY. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE INFLAMMATORY REACTION, NEURAXIAL SWELLING, NEURONAL NECRESIS AND NEUROFIBRILLAR DEMYELINATING IN THE TREATMENT GROUP WAS LESS THAN THAT OF THE CONTROL GROUP GIVEN SUGAR-SALT SOLUTION. THE SPINAL CORD CROSS THE SECTIONAL T-LYMPHOCYTE COUNT IN THE TREATMENT GROUP WAS ALSO LESS THAN THAT OF THE CONTROL GROUP (P<0.005), INDICATING THAT THE DRUG COULD INHIBIT T-LYMPHOCYTE INFILTRATION, HENCE SUPRESSING IMMUNOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF CELLS IN THE CNS AND ALLEVIATING TISSUE DAMAGE.
Dose amount6.0 GM
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalGUINEA PIG
Per unitKG
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractDECOCTION