Evaluation of salidrosidein vitroandin vivogenotoxicity

Autor: Yiwen Zheng, Jiangbo Zhu, Yuping Zhu, Tianbao Zhang, Xili Ma, Xuying Wan
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Drug and Chemical Toxicology. 33:220-226
ISSN: 1525-6014
0148-0545
DOI: 10.3109/01480540903373654
Popis: It is reported that salidroside, the main component of a traditional Chinese medicine, Rhodiola rosea, has the efficacy of protecting Coxsackie virus impairment. As part of a safety evaluation on salidroside for use in the treatment of viral myocarditis, the present study evaluated potential genotoxicity of salidroside by using the standard battery of tests (i.e., bacterial reverse mutation assay, chromosomal aberrations assay, and mouse micronucleus assay) recommended by the State Food and Drug Administration of China. The results showed that salidroside was not genotoxic under the conditions of the reverse mutation assay, chromosomal aberrations assay, and mouse micronucleus assay conditions. The anticipated clinical dose seems to be smaller than the doses administered in the genotoxicity assays. With confirmation from further toxicity studies, salidroside would hopefully prove to be a safe anti-Coxsackie virus agent.
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