英文摘要 |
Cordyceps sinensis (CS) is an expensive tonic Chinese herbal medicine. Therefore, people look for a similar pharmacological effects substitute of CS when many counterfeits and mimics of CS always found in markets, while Cordyceps militaris (CM) is a popularly using and cheaper natural of CS. The purpose of this study was evaluated the protective effect of cultured fruiting body of CM in mitomycin C-induced genotoxicity. The micronucleus test is an evaluated genotoxicity method by counting how many reticulocytes contained micronuclei (MN) in 1000 reticulocytes. And mitomycin C is a famous anti-tumor cytotoxic drug. In this study, we had designed to pre-treat ICR mice with 125, 250, 500 and 1000 mg/kg cultured fruiting body of CM (o.p.) for seven days, then given 0.5 mg/kg or 1 mg/kg MMC by intraperitoneal (i.p.) at the 7th day, then collected orbital peripheral blood of mice to count the number of MN after mitomycin C treatment at 24, 48 and 72 hours. We found that cultured fruiting body of CM decreased the frequency of MN after mitomycin C treatment at 24 hours (1000 mg/kg CM) and 72 hours (500, 1000 mg/kg) (p<0.05). In this study, our results suggest that cultured fruiting body of CM may contribute to the prevention of mitomycin C-induced genotoxicity. |