[HTML][HTML] The safety evaluation of salvianolic acid B and ginsenoside Rg1 combination on mice

Q Zhao, M Yang, Y Deng, H Yu, L Wang… - International Journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Q Zhao, M Yang, Y Deng, H Yu, L Wang, F Teng, K Cho, H Ma, P Wu, X Li, W Wu, X Liu, F Xu…
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2015mdpi.com
Our previous study indicated that the combination of salvianolic acid B (SalB) and
ginsenoside Rg1 (Rg1), the main components of Salvia miltiorrhizae and Panax
notoginseng, improves myocardium structure and ventricular function in rats with
ischemia/reperfusion injury. The present study aimed to determine the safety of the
combined SalB and Rg1 (SalB-Rg1) in mice. The safety of SalB-Rg1 was evaluated through
acute toxicity and repeated-dose toxicity. In the acute toxicity study, the up and down …
Our previous study indicated that the combination of salvianolic acid B (SalB) and ginsenoside Rg1 (Rg1), the main components of Salvia miltiorrhizae and Panax notoginseng, improves myocardium structure and ventricular function in rats with ischemia/reperfusion injury. The present study aimed to determine the safety of the combined SalB and Rg1 (SalB-Rg1) in mice. The safety of SalB-Rg1 was evaluated through acute toxicity and repeated-dose toxicity. In the acute toxicity study, the up and down procedure was carried out firstly, and then, the Bliss method was applied. In the toxicity study for seven-day repeated treatment of SalB-Rg1, forty Kunming mice were randomly divided into four groups. The intravenous median lethal dose (LD50) of the SalB-Rg1 combination was 1747 mg/kg using the Bliss method. For both the acute toxicity study and the seven-day repeated toxicity study, SalB-Rg1 did not induce significant abnormality on brain, heart, kidney, liver and lung structure at any dose based on H&E stain. There were no significant changes related to the SalB-Rg1 toxicity detected on biochemical parameters for two kinds of toxicity studies. The LD50 in mice was 1747 mg/kg, which was more than one hundred times higher than the effective dose. Both studies of acute toxicity and seven-day repeated dose toxicity indicated the safety of the SalB-Rg1 combination.
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