PMID- 24171385 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140623 LR - 20240109 IS - 1520-5118 (Electronic) IS - 0021-8561 (Linking) VI - 61 IP - 46 DP - 2013 Nov 20 TI - Metabolomics of ginger essential oil against alcoholic fatty liver in mice. PG - 11231-40 LID - 10.1021/jf403523g [doi] AB - Fatty liver is significantly associated with hepatic cirrhosis and liver cancer. Excessive alcohol consumption causes alcoholic fatty liver disease (AFLD). Ginger has been reported to exhibit antioxidant potential and hepatoprotective activity. In the present study, a mouse model for AFLD was developed by employing male C57BL/6 mice that were fed an alcohol-containing liquid diet (Lieber-DeCarli diet) ad libitum. In the treatment groups, ginger essential oil (GEO) and citral were orally administered every day for 4 weeks. Serum biochemical analysis, antioxidant enzyme activity analysis, and histopathological evaluation revealed that GEO and citral exhibited hepatoprotective activity against AFLD. Metabolites in serum samples were profiled by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (HPLC-QTOF-MS). Metabolomic data indicated the amounts of metabolites such as d-glucurono-6,3-lactone, glycerol-3-phosphate, pyruvic acid, lithocholic acid, 2-pyrocatechuic acid, and prostaglandin E1 were increased after alcohol administration, but the levels were recovered in treatment groups. The analysis indicated that ginger possesses hepatoprotective properties against AFLD. Furthermore, these metabolites can serve as early noninvasive candidate biomarkers in the clinical application of AFLD for health management. FAU - Liu, Chun-Ting AU - Liu CT AD - Institute of Food Science and Technology, College of Bio-Resources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University , Taipei 106, Taiwan. FAU - Raghu, Rajasekaran AU - Raghu R FAU - Lin, Shu-Hsi AU - Lin SH FAU - Wang, San-Yuan AU - Wang SY FAU - Kuo, Ching-Hua AU - Kuo CH FAU - Tseng, Yufeng J AU - Tseng YJ FAU - Sheen, Lee-Yan AU - Sheen LY LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131112 PL - United States TA - J Agric Food Chem JT - Journal of agricultural and food chemistry JID - 0374755 RN - 0 (Hydroxybenzoates) RN - 0 (Oils, Volatile) RN - 0 (Plant Oils) RN - 70D5FBB392 (2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid) RN - 8558G7RUTR (Pyruvic Acid) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Fatty Liver, Alcoholic/*drug therapy/metabolism MH - Zingiber officinale/*chemistry MH - Humans MH - Hydroxybenzoates/metabolism MH - Liver/drug effects/metabolism MH - Male MH - Metabolomics MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Oils, Volatile/*administration & dosage/chemistry MH - Plant Oils/*administration & dosage MH - Pyruvic Acid/metabolism EDAT- 2013/11/01 06:00 MHDA- 2014/06/24 06:00 CRDT- 2013/11/01 06:00 PHST- 2013/11/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/11/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/06/24 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1021/jf403523g [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Agric Food Chem. 2013 Nov 20;61(46):11231-40. doi: 10.1021/jf403523g. Epub 2013 Nov 12.