Anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of hydrogen-rich water alleviate ethanol-induced fatty liver in mice.
Ching-Pin Lin, Wen-Chen Chuang, Fung-Jou Lu, Chih-Yen Chen · World journal of gastroenterology · 2017
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H2HUBB TAKEAWAY
In mice, HRW attenuated malondialdehyde level, restored glutathione depletion and increased superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase and catalase activities in the liver. These preclinical findings add evidence supporting molecular hydrogen's therapeutic potential within the outcomes and biological pathways measured in this model.
What the Findings Mean
H2HUBB reviewed how hydrogen-rich water affected the outcomes measured in mice. HRW attenuated malondialdehyde level, restored glutathione depletion and increased superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase and catalase activities in the liver.
What the Researchers Studied
The researchers studied mice. The study used a preclinical animal experiment. The comparison condition was control condition or baseline measurements.
What Effects Did Molecular Hydrogen Have?
Source-reported hydrogen concentration: 500 ppb H₂ (≈0.5 mg/L); Source-reported hydrogen exposure: 1.2 mL hydrogen-rich water/day; approximately 0 mg H₂ across the reported daily volume. HRW attenuated malondialdehyde level, restored glutathione depletion and increased superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase and catalase activities in the liver. The authors concluded that HRW protects against chronic EtOH-induced liver injury, possibly by inducing acyl ghrelin to suppress the pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-6 and induce IL-10 and IL-22, thus activating antioxidant enzymes against oxidative stress.
Why These Findings Matter
These preclinical findings add evidence supporting molecular hydrogen's therapeutic potential within the outcomes and biological pathways measured in this model.
How Strong Is This Evidence?
This is preclinical animal evidence from a preclinical animal experiment. It is most informative for the disease model, mechanisms, biomarkers, and outcomes directly measured in the study.
Technical Study Details
H2HUBB classifies this publication as animal study with preclinical animal evidence. The research population or model was mice. The study used a preclinical animal experiment. The hydrogen delivery method was hydrogen-rich water. The source-reported hydrogen concentration was 500 ppb H₂ (≈0.5 mg/L). The source-reported hydrogen exposure was 1.2 mL hydrogen-rich water/day; approximately 0 mg H₂ across the reported daily volume.
Limitations and Safety
Reported limitations: Acyl ghrelin and des-acyl ghrelin are both active signaling molecules; however, a limitation of the present study is that the researchers did not measure des-acyl ghrelin.
Original Study and H2HUBB Research Context
H2HUBB presents this source-grounded research record as one contribution to the broader molecular-hydrogen evidence base.