[Protection of puerarin on the cerebral injury in the rats with acute local ischemia].

To study the protection of puerarin on the cerebral injury in the rats with acute local ischemia. Rat was evaluated model of acute local cerebral ischemia was made by ligating middle cerebral artery. The cerebral damage toxylin and eosin((HE). The number of died neurons were significantly less in puerarin-treated rats than in the rats with cerebral ischemia (P < 0. 05). Similarly, the cerebral edema were significantly attenuated in the puerarin-treated rats as compared with cerebrally ischemic rats. Puerarin can prevent the neuron from damage induced by acute cerebral ischemia.