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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2008 May;6(5):468-72.
doi: 10.3736/jcim20080507.

[Effects of Astragalous Injection on oxidative stress status in maintenance hemodialysis patients]

[Article in Chinese]
Xiao-Lu Qu  1 , Qin Dai, Ying-Hui Qi, Yong-Hua Tang, Da-Hua Xu, Zhong-Hua Wu, Xiao-Xia Wang
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Randomized Controlled Trial

[Effects of Astragalous Injection on oxidative stress status in maintenance hemodialysis patients]

[Article in Chinese]
Xiao-Lu Qu et al. Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao. 2008 May.

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the effects of Astragalous Injection on oxidative stress and micro-inflammatory status in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD).

Methods: Sixty MHD patients were included and randomized into treatment group and control group, with another 10 healthy volunteers as normal control. The patients in the treatment group were treated with Astragalous Injection and the patients in the control group were treated with normal saline for 12 weeks. A spectrophotometric method was used for the measurement of plasma concentrations of oxidative parameters including advanced glycation end products (AGEs), advanced oxidation protein product (AOPP), malondialdehyde (MDA) and vitamin E (Vit E). The content of C-reactive protein (CRP) was evaluated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Results: Compared with the normal control group, the plasma levels of AGEs, AOPP, MDA and CRP were significantly increased, while plasma level of Vit E was significantly decreased in MHD patients ( P<0.01). After Astragalous Injection treatment, the plasma levels of AGEs, AOPP, MDA and CRP were decreased as compared with the control group ( P<0.01), while there was no significant difference in plasma Vit E level between the treatment group and control group.

Conclusion: There exist oxidative stress and micro-inflammation in MHD patients. Astragalous Injection can ameliorate the accumulation of oxidative products and micro-inflammatory status, but it has no significant effect on plasma Vit E level.

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