scholarly journals A Traditional Chinese Medicine Plant Extract Prevents Alcohol-Induced Osteopenia

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongyang Qian ◽  
Hui Zhou ◽  
Pan Fan ◽  
Tao Yu ◽  
Anish Patel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Bone Diseases ◽  
Syzygium Aromaticum ◽  
Herbal Extracts ◽  
Male Mice ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Excessive Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Excessive Alcohol

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been practiced in the treatment of bone diseases and alcoholism. Chronic excessive alcohol use results in alcohol-induced bone diseases, including osteopenia and osteoporosis, which increases fracture risk, deficient bone repair, and osteonecrosis. This preclinical study investigated the therapeutic effects of TCM herbal extracts in animal models of chronic excessive alcohol consumption-induced osteopenia. TCM herbal extracts (Jing extracts) were prepared from nine Chinese herbal medicines, a combinative herbal formula for antifatigue and immune regulation, including Astragalus, Cistanche deserticola, Dioscorea polystachya, Lycium barbarum, Epimedium, Cinnamomum cassia, Syzygium aromaticum, Angelica sinensis, and Curculigo orchioides. In this study, Balb/c male mice were orally administrated alcohol (3.2 g/kg/day) with/without TCM herbal extracts (0.125 g/kg, 0.25 g/kg, or 0.5 g/kg) by gavage. Our results showed that after 50 days of oral administration, TCM herbal extracts prevented alcohol-induced osteopenia demonstrated by μ-CT bone morphological analysis in young adults and middle-aged/old Balb/c male mice. Biochemical analysis demonstrated that chronic alcohol consumption inhibits bone formation and has a neutral impact on bone resorption, suggesting that TCM herbal extracts (Jing extracts) mitigate the alcohol-induced abnormal bone metabolism in middle-aged/old male mice. Protocatechuic acid, a natural phenolic acid in Jing extracts, mitigates in vivo alcohol-induced decline of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) gene expression in the bone marrow of Balb/c male mice and in vitro ALP activity in pre-osteoblast MC3T3-E1 cells. Our study suggests that TCM herbal extracts prevent chronic excessive alcohol consumption-induced osteopenia in male mice, implying that traditional medicinal plants have the therapeutic potential of preventing alcohol-induced bone diseases.

scholarly journals Clinical Significance of Gamma-Glutamyltranspeptidase Combined with Carbohydrate-Deficient Transferrin for the Assessment of Excessive Alcohol Consumption in Patients with Alcoholic Cirrhosis

Medicines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Akihiko Shibamoto ◽  
Tadashi Namisaki ◽  
Junya Suzuki ◽  
Takahiro Kubo ◽  
Satoshi Iwai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Biological Markers ◽  
Prediction Accuracy ◽  
Total Bilirubin ◽  
Alcoholic Cirrhosis ◽  
Serum Total Bilirubin ◽  
Excessive Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin ◽  
Excessive Alcohol

: Background: This study aimed to compare the diagnostic performance of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) and gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (γ-GTP) to assess the single and combined benefits of these biological markers for the detection of chronic excessive alcohol consumption in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis. Methods: Biological markers were determined in blood samples from patients with alcoholic cirrhosis (drinking group, n = 35; nondrinking group, n = 81). The prediction accuracy of %CDT alone, γ-GTP alone, and their combination for the detection of excessive alcohol consumption was determined in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis. Results: Serum total bilirubin, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, γ-GTP, and alkaline phosphatase levels and %CDT were significantly higher and serum albumin levels were significantly lower in the drinking group than in the nondrinking group. The combination of %CDT and γ-GTP compared with %CDT or γ-GTP alone showed a higher prediction accuracy. The combination of %CDT and γ-GTP exhibited a higher specificity than γ-GTP alone. However, in terms of sensitivity, no significant difference was found between single or combined markers. Conclusions: The combination of %CDT and γ-GTP is considered a useful biomarker of chronic excessive alcohol consumption in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis.

scholarly journals Methods for Estimating Avoidable Costs of Excessive Alcohol Consumption

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4964
Author(s):  
Beata Gavurova ◽  
Miriama Tarhanicova
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Excessive Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Cost Of Disease ◽  
Lost Productivity ◽  
Excessive Alcohol ◽  
The Cost

Background: Alcohol is a risk factor with serious consequences for society and individuals. This study aims to present methods and approaches that might be used to estimate the costs related to excessive alcohol consumption. It emphasizes the need for general methods and approaches that are easily applicable, because the level of digitalization and data availability vary across regions. The lack of data makes many methods inapplicable and useless. The ease of applicability will help to make cost-of-illness studies and their results comparable globally. Methods: This study is based on data from the Czech Republic in 2017. Drinking alcohol results in costs of healthcare, social care, law enforcement, and administrative costs of public authorities. To quantify the cost of drinking in the Czech Republic, the top-down approach, bottom-up approach, human capital approach and attributable fractions were used. Results: In 2017, the cost related to alcohol was estimated at 0.66% of the national GDP. Lost productivity represented 54.45% of total cost related to alcohol. All cost related to alcohol is considered to be avoidable. Conclusions: The methods and approaches applied to estimate the cost of disease or any other health issue should be generalized regarding the availability of data and specifics of provided services to people who are addicted or have any kind of disability.

scholarly journals THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A TAILORED INTERVENTION FOR EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION PRIOR TO ELECTIVE SURGERY

2006 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 643-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
SWATI SHOURIE ◽  
KATHERINE M. CONIGRAVE ◽  
ELIZABETH M. PROUDE ◽  
JEANETTE E. WARD ◽  
SONIA E. WUTZKE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Elective Surgery ◽  
Tailored Intervention ◽  
Excessive Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Excessive Alcohol

scholarly journals Excessive alcohol consumption after liver transplantation impacts on long-term survival, whatever the primary indication

2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphanie Faure ◽  
Astrid Herrero ◽  
Boris Jung ◽  
Yohan Duny ◽  
Jean-Pierre Daures ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Transplantation ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Excessive Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
Long Term Survival ◽  
Primary Indication ◽  
Excessive Alcohol

scholarly journals Protective Effects of Dioscorea batatas Flesh and Peel Extracts against Ethanol-Induced Gastric Ulcer in Mice

Nutrients ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siyul Byeon ◽  
Jisun Oh ◽  
Ji Lim ◽  
Jeong Lee ◽  
Jong-Sang Kim
Keyword(s):  
Gastric Ulcer ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Plasma Levels ◽  
Gastric Mucosal Damage ◽  
Heme Oxygenase 1 ◽  
Excessive Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Oral Supplementation ◽  
Ethanolic Extracts ◽  
Excessive Alcohol ◽  
Dioscorea Batatas

Gastric ulcer is a major digestive disorder and provoked by multifactorial etiologies, including excessive alcohol consumption. In this study, we examined the gastroprotective effect of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of Dioscorea batatas Decne (DBD; commonly called Chinese yam) flesh or peel against acidified ethanol-induced acute gastric damage in mice. Our findings demonstrated that oral supplementation of aqueous or ethanolic extracts of DBD flesh or peel before ulcer induction was significantly effective in macroscopically and histologically alleviating ethanol-induced pathological lesions in gastric mucosa, decreasing the plasma levels of inflammatory mediators, such as nitric oxide and interleukin-6, attenuating the gastric expression of cyclooxygenase-2, and increasing the gastric content of prostaglandin E2. In particular, pretreatment with the flesh extract prepared in 60% ethanol prominently decreased the expression of biomarkers of oxidative stress, including the plasma levels of 8-hydroxy-2-guanosine and malondialdehyde, and restored heme oxygenase-1 expression and superoxide dismutase activity in the stomach. Overall, these findings suggest that the oral supplementation with DBD extract, especially flesh ethanol extract, prior to excessive alcohol consumption, may exert a protective effect against ethanol-induced gastric mucosal damage in vivo, presumably through the activation of the antioxidant system and suppression of the inflammatory response.

The effects of excessive alcohol consumption on laparoscopic surgical performance the following day

2008 ◽  
Vol 207 (3) ◽  
pp. S94-S95
Author(s):  
Anthony G. Gallagher ◽  
Emily Boyle ◽  
Paul Toner ◽  
Neal E. Seymour ◽  
Dana K. Andersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Surgical Performance ◽  
Excessive Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Excessive Alcohol
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