Objective: To study the effect of tanshinone IIA on two models of acute hepatic injury in mice.
Methods: Two acute hepatic injury models induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) and D-galactosamine (D-GalN) in mice were used. ALT, AST in serum and MDA in liver homogenate were used as indexes.
Results: Tanshinone IIA (10 mg.kg-1, 20 mg.kg-1, 30 mg.kg-1), similar to biophenyldicarboxylate, could decrease ALT, AST in serum and MDA in hepatic homogenate on acute hepatic injury induced by CCl4 and D-GalN.
Conclusion: Tanshinone IIA possessed obvious protective effect against liver injury induced by CCl4 or D-GalN.