Cynara Scolymus (Artichoke) Improves Liver Regeneration after Partial Liver Resection in Rats

Investigation of the Effect of Artichoke (Cynara Scolymus L.) on Characteristics of the Fatty Liver

Objective: Fatty liver causes progression in liver damage and accelerates liver fibrosis. Fatty liver may enhance AST and ALT enzymes in blood. Infiltration of lipid in liver is associated with an increasing in its echogenicity, depending on the severity of the lipid infiltration.  Methods: This study is a randomized non-blind clinical trial in order to investigate the effect of Artichoke (Cyn...

Liver Regeneration in Rats after Liver Resection and Small-for-size Liver Transplantation from Living Donors

Increased liver regeneration rate and decreased liver function after synchronous liver and colon resection in rats

BACKGROUND The surgical strategy for the treatment of colorectal cancer and synchronous liver metastases remains controversial. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of colonic resection on liver function and regeneration in a rat model. METHODS Ninety-six Sprague-Dawley rats were block-randomized into six groups: Group I had a laparotomy performed. Group II had 1 cm col...

Silymarin Accelerates Liver Regeneration after Partial Hepatectomy

Partial hepatectomy (PHx) is a liver regeneration physiological response induced to maintain homeostasis. Liver regeneration evolved presumably to protect wild animals from catastrophic liver loss caused by toxins or tissue injury. Silymarin (Sm) ability to stimulate liver regeneration has been an object of curiosity for many years. Silymarin has been investigated for use as an antioxidant and ...

Regeneration of mouse liver after partial hepatectomy.

The rapidly growing liver tissue after partial hepatectomy has been used advantageously by in vestigators to study changes during accelerated growth and proliferation of cells (4, 7, 12, 15). Previous reports have been chiefly on rats. In many instances, pooled samples were taken for chemical data. In the present investigation a com prehensive study was made on individual samples of regeneratin...