| hepatoprotective effects of taiwan folk medicine: wedelia chinensis on three hepatotoxin-induced hepatotoxicity. | the hepatoprotective effects of a taiwanese crude herb, hwang-hua-mih-tsay (wedelia chinensis (osbeck) merr.), were investigated. acute hepatitis was induced by three hepatotoxins: carbon tetrachloride and acetaminophen in mice, and d(+)-galactosamine in rats. after treatment with w. chinensis (300 mg/kg, p.o.) at 2, 6 and 10 hours, a reduction in the elevation of serum glutamate oxaloacetic transaminase (sgot) and glutamate pyruvic transaminase (sgpt) levels was observed at 24 hrs after hepatot ... | 1994 | 7992815 |