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Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analysis indicated that the spectra of TPPPS displayed infrared absorption peaks characteristic of polysaccharides. In in vitro assays TPPPS exhibited different degrees of dose-dependent antioxidant activities , and this was further verified by suppression of CCl4-induced oxidative stress in the liver with three tested doses of TPPPS (100, 200, and 400 mg\/kg bw) in rats. Pretreatment with TPPPS significantly decreased the levels of alanine aminotransferase (AST), aspartate aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) and malondialdehyde (MDA) against CCl4 injuries, and elevated the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) as well as glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px). Histopathological observation further confirmed that TPPPS could protect the liver tissues from CCl4-induced histological alternation. These results suggest that TPPPS has strong antioxidant activities and significant protective effect against acute hepatotoxicity induced by CCl4. The hepatoprotective effect may partly be related to its free radical scavenging effect, increasing antioxidant activity and inhibiting lipid peroxidation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules23020281","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,30]],"date-time":"2018-01-30T05:02:34Z","timestamp":1517288554000},"page":"281","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":29,"title":["Preliminary Characterization, Antioxidant and Hepatoprotective Activities of Polysaccharides from Taishan Pinus massoniana Pollen"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Changming","family":"Zhou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai\u2019an 271018, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shaojie","family":"Yin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai\u2019an 271018, China"},{"name":"College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 East Wenhui Road, Yangzhou 225009, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhongfang","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai\u2019an 271018, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuxiang","family":"Feng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai\u2019an 271018, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kai","family":"Wei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai\u2019an 271018, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Weiming","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai\u2019an 271018, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lijiang","family":"Ge","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai\u2019an 271018, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhengui","family":"Yan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai\u2019an 271018, China"},{"name":"Research Center for Animal Disease Control Engineering Shandong Province, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai\u2019an 271018, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ruiliang","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai\u2019an 271018, China"},{"name":"Research Center for Animal Disease Control Engineering Shandong Province, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai\u2019an 271018, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"883","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cell.2010.01.025","article-title":"Immunity, inflammation, and cancer","volume":"140","author":"Grivennikov","year":"2010","journal-title":"Cell"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1016\/j.biomag.2011.03.001","article-title":"Oxidative stress in aging: The oretical outcomes and clinical evidences in humans","volume":"1","year":"2011","journal-title":"Biomed. 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