Hepatoprotective and curative properties of Kombucha tea against Carbon tetrachloride-induced toxicity

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-402

  Murugesan, G S ^a,b   Sathishkumar, M ^c   Jayabalan, R ^a,c   Binupriya, A R ^c   Swaminathan, K ^a   Yun, S E ^c  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANNARI AMMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Kombucha tea; Tea fungus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; MALONALDEHYDE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PROCESSED BLACK TEA; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FERMENTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KUMBUCHA TEA; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MALONALDEHYDE BLOOD LEVEL; MALONALDEHYDE LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; RAT; TEA; THEA NIGRA;

ACETOBACTER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FERMENTATION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PICHIA; RATS; TEA; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; FUNGI; RATTUS;

EID: 67649306782     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.0806.374     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Blanc, P. J. 1996. Characterization of tea fungus metabolites. Biotechnol. Lett. 18: 139-142.
2. Brent, J. A. and B. H. Rumack. 1993. Role of free radicals in toxic hepatic injury. Clin. Toxicol. 31: 173-196.
3. Cancalon, P. F. and M. E. Parish. 1995. Changes in the chemical compositions of orange juice during growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Gluconobacter oxydans. Food Microbiol. 12: 117-124.
4. Chen, C. and B. Y. Liu. 2000. Changes in major components of tea fungus metabolites during prolonged fermentation. J. Appl. Microbiol. 89: 834-839.
5. Chu, S. C. and C. Chen. 2006. Effect of origins and fermentation time on the antioxidant activities of Kombucha. Food Chem. 98: 502-507.
6. CPSCEA guidelines for laboratory animal facility. 2003. Indian J. Pharmacol. 35: 257-274.
7. Duncan, D. B. 1955. Multiple range "F" tests. Biometrics 11: 1-42.
8. Elhalwagy, M. E. A., N. S. Darwish, and E. M. Zaher. 2008. Prophylactic effect of green tea polyphenols against liver and kidney injury induced by fenitrothion insecticide. Pesticide Biochem. Physiol. 91: 81-89.
9. Fadhel, Z. A. and S. Amran. 2002. Effects of black tea extract on carbon tetrachloride induced lipid peroxidation in liver, kidneys and testes of rats. Phytother. Res. 16: S28-S32.
10. 2 requiring enzyme preparation involved in lignin biodegradation by the white rot basidiomycete. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 114: 1077-1083.
11. Gong, Y., C. Han, and J. Chen. 2000. Effect of tea polyphenols and tea pigments on the inhibition of precancerous liver lesions in rats. Nutr. Cancer 38: 81-86.
12. He, P., Y. Noda, and K. Sugiyama. 2001. Green tea suppresses lipopolysaccharide-induced liver injury in D-galactosaminesensitized rats. J. Nutr. 131: 1560-1567.
13. Hesseltine, C. W. 1965. A millenium of fungi, food and fermentation. Mycologia 5: 149-197.
14. Humason, G. L. 1979. Animal Tissue Techniques, 4th Ed. Freeman, San Fransisco, CA
15. Jadon, A., M. Bhadauria, and S. Shukla. 2007. Protective effect of Terminalia belerica Roxb. and gallic acid against carbon tetrachloride induced damage in albino rats. J. Ethnopharmol. 109: 214-218.
16. Jain, A., M. S. L. Deb, A. Jain, S. P. Rout, V. B. Gupta, and K. L. Krishna. 2008. Antioxidant and hepatoprotective activity of ethanolic and aqueous extracts of Momordica dioica oxb. leaves. J. Ethnopharmacol. 115: 61-66.
17. Jayabalan, R., S. Marimuthu, and K. Swaminathan. 2007. Changes in content of organic acids and tea polyphenols during Kombucha fermentation. Food Chem. 102: 392-398.
18. Jeon, T. I., S. G. Hwang, N. G. Park, Y. R. Jung, S. I. Shin, S. D. Choi, and D. K. Park. 2003. Antioxidative effect of chitosan on chronic carbon tetrachloride induced hepatic injury in rats. Toxicology 187: 67-73.
19. King, E. and A. R. Armstong. 1934. Determination of serum and bile phosphastase activity. Can. Med. Assoc. J. 31: 376-378.
20. Kumaravelu, P., D. P. Dakshinamoorthy, S. Subramaniam, H. Devaraj, and N. S. Devaraj. 1995. Effect of eugenol on drugmetabolizing enzymes of carbon tetrachloride-intoxicated rat liver. Biochem. Pharmacol. 49: 1703-1707.
21. Lee, H. S., H. H. Kim, and S. K. Ku. 2008. Hepatoprotective effects of Artemisiae capillaris Herba and Picrorrhiza rhizoma combinations on carbon tetrachloride-induced subacute liver damage in rats. Nutr. Res. 28: 270-277.
22. 4-induced oxidative damage in rats. Chem. Biol. Inter. 171: 283-293.
23. Nevin, K. G. and P. L. Vijayammal. 2005. Effect of Aerva lanata against hepatotoxicity of carbon tetrachloride in rats. Environ. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 20: 471-477.
24. Nichans, W. G. and B. Samuelson. 1968. Formation of MDA from phospholipid arachidonate during microsomal lipid peroxidation. Eur. J. Biochem. 6: 126-130.
25. Pauline, T., P. Dipti, B. Anju, S. Kavimani, S. K. Sharma, A. K. Kain, et al. 2001. Studies on toxicity, anti-stress and hepatoprotective properties of Kombucha tea. Biomed. Environ. Sci. 14: 207-213.
26. Reitman, S. and S. A. Frankel, 1957. Colorimetric method for the determination of serum glutamic oxalacetic and glutamic pyruvic transaminases. Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 28: 56.
27. Sai Ram, M., B. Anju, T. Pauline, P. Dipti, A. K. Kain, S. S. Mongia, et al. 2000. Effect of Kombucha tea on chromate(VI)induced oxidative stress in albino rats. J. Ethnopharmacol. 71: 235-240.
28. Yang, Y. S., T. H. Ahn, J. C. Lee, C. J. Moon, and S. H. Kim, 2008. Protective effects of pycnogenol on carbon tetrachlorideinduced hepatotoxicity in Sprague-Dawley rats. Food Chem. Toxicol. 46: 380-387.
29. Zhen, M. C., Q. Wang, X. H. Huang, L. Q. Cao, X. L. Chen, K. Sun, Y. J. Liu, W. Li, and L. J. Zhang. 2007. Green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits oxidative damage and preventive effects on carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic fibrosis. J. Nutr. Biochem. 18: 795-805.