The invention discloses an application of
squalene or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in preparation of a
medicine for preventing or treating endotoxemia. Experiments show that
squalene significantly relieves LPS-induced endotoxemia
liver injury through a multi-target mechanism,
squalene not only relieves
inflammatory response by inhibiting release of
inflammatory factors, but also relieves
oxidative stress by activating an
antioxidant pathway, and the squalene has
dual action mechanisms. The invention further provides application of the squalene-containing composition to preparation of the
medicine for treating endotoxemia, squalene and
glucocorticoid show a synergistic effect in the aspect of inhibiting TNF-alpha, AST can be reduced more remarkably by combining squalene and
glucocorticoid, and the effect of
dual inhibition of inflammatory mediators is achieved. Besides, the composition of the inducible
nitric oxide synthase and squalene is applied to the preparation of the
medicine for treating endotoxemia, and the inducible
nitric oxide synthase inhibitor can inhibit the activity of iNOS, so that the excessive generation of
nitric oxide is reduced, and the inflammatory reaction is further inhibited synergistically.