Raphiolepis indica (R. indica) is one of evergreen shrubs belonging to the Rosaceae and is grown wildly in Jeju. This study was performed to evaluate the hepatoprotective effect of different fractions (n-hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, butanol, water) from R. indica. Anti-oxidative effects were determined using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging activity and total phenol contents. Hepatoprotective effect was identified by 3-[4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay in Huh7 cells. Among various fractions, ethyl acetate and butanol fractions showed the lowest DPPH remained rate reaching approximately 78.7 and 65.5% at 400 μg/mL. Ethyl acetate and butanol fractions showed the total phenolic content at 164.5 and 137.3 mg GAE/g extract. The ethyl acetate and butanol fractions were resistant against oxidative stress in MTT assay and showed higher hepatoprotective effect than other fractions. Therefore, these results suggest that the ethyl acetate and butanol fractions of R. indica might have therapeutic value in liver damage.

Abstract
 1. Introduction
 2. Materials and Methods
 3. Results and Discussion
 4. Conclusion
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• Sun Young Kim(Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Pusan)
• Hye-Ran Kim(Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Medical Sciences, Daegu Haany University)
• Kyung-Soo Chang(Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Pusan) Corresponding author