The authors made rat model of chronic renal failure by feeding the animals with foodcontaining 0.5 % adenine and treated with Niaoduqing(NDQ),a Chinese patent medicine,whichcomposed of Rhizoma Rhei,Radix Glycyrrhizae,...The authors made rat model of chronic renal failure by feeding the animals with foodcontaining 0.5 % adenine and treated with Niaoduqing(NDQ),a Chinese patent medicine,whichcomposed of Rhizoma Rhei,Radix Glycyrrhizae,Radix Paeoniae Alba,etc.The rats were divid-ed into four groups:model control,normal control;and two NDQ-treated groups with high andlow doses separately.The blood tests including urea nitrogen(BUN),serum creatinine(Scr),red blood cell(RBC),hemoglobin (Hb) hematocrit (HCT),sodium (Na),potassium (K),cal-cium(Ca)and phosphate(P)levels were performed atthe fourth week and the eighth week,thetime of sacrifice.The results showed that in the NDQ-treated groups the mean levels of BUN andScr were lower and the mean values of RBC,Hb and HCT,higher than those in the untreatedcontrol group.In the NDQ-treated groups,hyperphosphatemia and hypocalcemia of rats im-proved,the deposited crystals of adenine metabolite and the proliferation of fibroid tissue in kid-ney decreased.These findings indicate that NDQ can ameliorate the symptoms of chronic renalfailure and delay the progress of this disease.展开更多
文摘The authors made rat model of chronic renal failure by feeding the animals with foodcontaining 0.5 % adenine and treated with Niaoduqing(NDQ),a Chinese patent medicine,whichcomposed of Rhizoma Rhei,Radix Glycyrrhizae,Radix Paeoniae Alba,etc.The rats were divid-ed into four groups:model control,normal control;and two NDQ-treated groups with high andlow doses separately.The blood tests including urea nitrogen(BUN),serum creatinine(Scr),red blood cell(RBC),hemoglobin (Hb) hematocrit (HCT),sodium (Na),potassium (K),cal-cium(Ca)and phosphate(P)levels were performed atthe fourth week and the eighth week,thetime of sacrifice.The results showed that in the NDQ-treated groups the mean levels of BUN andScr were lower and the mean values of RBC,Hb and HCT,higher than those in the untreatedcontrol group.In the NDQ-treated groups,hyperphosphatemia and hypocalcemia of rats im-proved,the deposited crystals of adenine metabolite and the proliferation of fibroid tissue in kid-ney decreased.These findings indicate that NDQ can ameliorate the symptoms of chronic renalfailure and delay the progress of this disease.
