Original Article

Experimental Adjustment on Drug Interactions through Intestinal CYP3A Activity in Rat: Impacts of Kampo Medicines Repeat Administered

Table 1

List of components in Saireito and Hochuekkito.

Crude drugsRatio crude-drugs component
Latin name (Japanese name)Botanical origin  Medicinal partSaireitoHochuekkito
Amount/day (g)(%,w/w)Amount/day (g)(%,w/w)

Bupleuri Radix (Saiko)Bupleurum falcatum L. (Umbelliferae)Root7.017.52.08.3
Pinelliae Tuber (Hange)Pinellia ternata Breitenbach (Araceae)Tuber5.012.5
Scutellarine Radix (Ogon)Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi (Labiatae)Root3.07.5
Ginseng Radix (Ningin)Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer, (Araliaceae)Root3.07.54.016.7
Glycyrrhizae Radix (Kanzo)Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisher, (Leguminosae)Root2.05.01.56.3
Zingiberis Rhizoma (Shokyo)Zingiber officinale Roscoe (Zingiberaceae)Rhizome1.02.50.52.1
Zizyphi Fructus (Taiso)Zizyphus jujuba Miller var. inermis Rehder (Rhamnaceae)Fruit3.07.52.08.3
Astragali Radix (Ogi)Astragalus membranaceus Bunge, A.mongholicus B. (Leguminosae)Root4.016.7
Atractylodis Lanceae Rhizoma (Sojutsu)Atractylodes lancea De Candolle, A.chinensis Koidzumi (Compositae)Rhizome3.07.54.016.7
Angelicae Radix (Toki)Angelica acutiloba Kitagawa, A. a. K. var. sugiyamae Hikino (Umbelliferae)Root3.012.5
Auranntii Nobilis Pericarpium (Chimpu)Citrus unshiu Markovich, (Rutaceae)Peel2.08.3
Cimicifugae Rhizoma (Shoma)Cimicifuga foetida L. (Ranunculaceae)Rhizome1.04.2
Alismatis Rhizome (Takusha)Alisma orientale Juzepczuk (Alismataceae)Rhizome5.012.5
Polyporus (Chorei)Polyporus umbellatus Fries (Polyporaceae)Sclerotium3.07.5
Cinnamomi Cortex (Keihi)Cinnamomum cassia Blume (Lauraceae)Bark2.05.0
Poria (Bukuryo)Poria cocos Wolf (Polyporaceae)Sclerotium3.07.5
Total: 40.0 gTotal: 24.0 g

Kampo products, Saireito and Hochuekkito, were provided according to JPXV (http://jpdp.nihs.go.jp/jp15e).