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Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Pharmacotherapy Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
ISSN: 1596-5996 EISSN: 1596-5996
Vol. 16, No. 5, 2017, pp. 1085-1089
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Bioline Code: pr17139
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, Vol. 16, No. 5, 2017, pp. 1085-1089
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Anti-thrombolytic effect of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge extract in rats
Tian, Jia; Wu, Xiao-yan; Zhang, Mo-yang; Zhou, Zhong-yi & Liu, Ying-feng
Abstract
Purpose: To study the effects of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge. extract (SMBE) on thrombosis in rats.
Methods: SMBE was obtained in water at 60 oC in an oven and then freeze-drying. Rats were divided
into 6 groups of ten rats each: normal group, control group, reference group (aspirin 5 mg/kg) as well as
three groups of SMBE groups (25, 50 and 100 mg/kg doses). Treatments were given orally once daily
for 14 days. Common carotid artery FeCl3-induced thrombus and inferior vena cava thrombosis
occlusion time, plasma concentrations of thromboxane B2 (TXB2) and 6-keto-prostaglandine F1α (6-keto-PGF1α) were measured in the rats.
Results: Compared with control group, all doses of SMBE significantly and dose-dependently
prolonged thrombosis occlusion time, reduced the weight of thrombus and increased the inhibition rate
of thrombus (p < 0.01). Plasma TXB2 concentration of all SMBE groups decreased dose-dependently (p
< 0.05) while that of 6-keto-PGF1α increased with decrease in extract dose (p < 0.05). There was
association between 6-keto-PGF1α/TXB2 and arterial or venous thrombus weight for all treatments, and
also with occlusion time for SMBE treatment, but not for aspirin.
Conclusion: The results demonstrate the anti-thrombosis effect of SMBE in rats. This finding suggests
that the plant is a potential therapy for thrombosis.
Keywords
Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge.; Thrombosis; Thromboxane B2; 6-Keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha; Aspirin; Occlusion time
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