Clearance of Free Silica in Rat Lungs by Spraying with Chinese Herbal Kombucha

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Fu, Nai-fang

作者： Fu, Nai-fang;Luo, Chang-hui;Wu, Jun-cai;Jiang, Sheng-jun;Zheng, Yan-yan;Gan, Yong-jin;Ling, Jian-an;Liang, Heng-qiu;Liang, Dan-yu;Xie, Jing;Chen, Xiao-qin;Li, Xian-jun;Pan, Rui-hui;Chen, Zuo-xing

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期刊名称：EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE （ 影响因子：2.629； 五年影响因子：2.845 ）

ISSN： 1741-427X

年卷期： 2013 年

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： The effects of spraying with kombucha and Chinese herbal kombucha were compared with treatments with tetrandrine in a rat silicosis model. Silica dust (50 mg) was injected into the lungs of rats, which were then treated with one of the experimental treatments for a month. The rats were then killed and the effects of the treatments were evaluated by examining the extent and severity of the histopathological lesions in the animals' lungs, measuring their organ coefficients and lung collagen contents, determining the dry and wet weights of their lungs, and measuring the free silica content of the dried lungs. In addition, lavage was performed on whole lungs taken from selected rats, and the numbers and types of cells in the lavage fluid were counted. The most effective treatment in terms of the ability to reduce lung collagen content and minimize the formation of pulmonary histopathological lesions was tetrandrine treatment, followed by Chinese herbal kombucha and non-Chinese herbal kombucha. However, the lavage fluid cell counts indicated that tetrandrine treatment had severe adverse effects on macrophage viability. This effect was much less pronounced for the kombucha and Chinese herbal kombucha treatments. Moreover, the free silica levels in the lungs of animals treated with Chinese herbal kombucha were significantly lower than those for any other silica-exposed group. These preliminary results indicate that spraying with Chinese herbal kombucha preparations can effectively promote the discharge of silica dust from lung tissues. Chinese herbal kombucha inhalation may thus be a useful new treatment for silicosis and other pneumoconiosis diseases.

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