scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF RADIO PROTECTIVE AND ADAPTGENIC ACTIONS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL PREPARATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 248 (4) ◽  
pp. 242-245
Author(s):  
A.V. Frolov ◽  
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N.M. Vasilevskiy ◽  
F.K. Kalimullin ◽  
Z.L. Tuhfatullov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Survival Rate ◽  
Antioxidant Defense ◽  
Reduced Glutathione ◽  
Lethal Dose ◽  
Antioxidant Defense System ◽  
Feed Additive ◽  
Experimental Animals ◽  
White Rats ◽  
Adaptogenic Effect ◽  
Experimental Preparation

In the course of the research, the radioprotective and adaptogenic effects of the new feed additive were determined in experiments on white mice and white rats. It was found that the inclusion of the studied feed additive in the diet of mice after irradiation provided an increase in the survival rate of animals irradiated with a lethal dose by 50% compared to the control. Feeding the mice with the drug followed by irradiation with a lethal dose increased the survival rate by 42 %. In a similar experiment on white rats, the survival rate of the experimental animals was higher than the control values by 58 and 50 %, respectively. When assessing the adaptogenic effect of the drug, it was found that 12-hour immobilization of rats led to significant changes in the prooxidant-antioxidant defense system. Preliminary feeding of the studied feed additive had a protective effect, which was manifested in a lower content of malondialdehyde in the blood serum of experimental animals, compared with control animals, by 28.0 %, an increased content of catalase by 11.1 %, superoxide dismutase by 43.9 %, reduced glutathione - by 17.6 %. Thus, the investigated drug showed a well-pronounced radioprotective and adaptogenic effect.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF ANTITOXIC AND ANTI-INFECTIOUS ACTIONS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL PREPARATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 248 (4) ◽  
pp. 246-249
Author(s):  
A.V. Frolov ◽  
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G.I. Rakhmatullina ◽  
V.A. Guryanova ◽  
E.N. Mayorova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Study Drug ◽  
Coli Strain ◽  
Feed Additive ◽  
Investigational Drug ◽  
Infectious Process ◽  
Experimental Animals ◽  
E Coli ◽  
White Rats ◽  
Hematological Indicators ◽  
Experimental Preparation

In the course of the research, the antitoxic and anti-infectious effects of the developed drug were determined on white mice and white rats. To assess the antitoxic effect in the experiment on white rats, cadmium damage was modeled, followed by taking into account the antidote activity. An increase in the survival rate of animals receiving the drug was found – 60 % versus 40 % in the control, higher hematological indicators: the content of hemoglobin, erythrocytes and leukocytes in the blood of experimental animals was higher than similar control values, respectively, by 3.8, 15.3 and 16,4 %. The anti-infectious effect of the feed additive was determined during the experiment on infecting white mice with the causative agent of Escherichiosis – E. coli (strain "KB-1"). It was found that the introduction of the study drug into the diet of infected animals smoothed the clinical picture of the infectious process, had a hemoprotective effect: the content of erythrocytes, leukocytes, neutrophils, lymphocytes, neutrophils in the blood of experimental animals exceeded the control values, respectively, by 2.5, 13.6, 16, 7, 14.3, 28.6 %. The results of the investigated subject showed that the investigational drug has a well-pronounced antitoxic and anti-infectious effect.

Indicators of the antioxidant system in the long-term period after acute mercury nitrate poisoning in the experiment

2020 ◽  
pp. 36-41
Author(s):  
E. G. Batotsyrenova ◽  
O. A. Vakunenkova ◽  
E. A. Zolotoverkhaya ◽  
V. A. Kashuro ◽  
T. A. Kostrova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant System ◽  
Antioxidant Defense ◽  
Reduced Glutathione ◽  
Antioxidant Defense System ◽  
Mercury Content ◽  
The State ◽  
Cytotoxic Effects ◽  
Entire Study ◽  
Mercury Nitrate

The article presents experimental data on the state of the antioxidant system in red blood cells of white outbred rats 1 and 3 months after acute mercury nitrate poisoning with a semilethal dose. It has been established that this form of intoxication is accompanied by pronounced changes in the state of the antioxidant defense system in erythrocytes of poisoned animals (a decrease in the concentration of reduced glutathione, a decrease in the activity of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase, and an increase in the concentration of lipid peroxidation products).It has been shown that the mercury content in the blood of experimental animals remains elevated during the entire study period.The results obtained indicate the importance of impaired functioning of the antioxidant system in the implementation of long-term consequences of acute mercury poisoning. The reasons for the occurrence of these biochemical shifts and their role in the development of the long-term cytotoxic effects of mercury nitrate are discussed.

The Effect of Sodium Nitrite on Experimental Animals

1942 ◽  
Vol 6a (1) ◽  
pp. 63-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. L. A. Tarr ◽  
N. M. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Nitrite ◽  
Lethal Dose ◽  
Oral Route ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Subcutaneous Route ◽  
Healthy Male ◽  
Experimental Animals ◽  
White Rats ◽  
Healthy Female

Incorporation of sodium nitrite in the diet of cats and white rats on the basis of an average sized man consuming 1 lb. (454 g.) of fish containing 0.2 per cent (908 mg.) of this salt daily for six days each week does not appear to affect their growth rate nor the development (weight) of their thyroid, heart, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys or adrenals. The fecundity of white rats as judged by their ability to breed and raise normal litters is apparently not affected thereby. The lethal dose of sodium nitrite by oral route is about 1.1 to 2.0 g./kg. for healthy male rats, 0.46 to 1.2 g./kg. for healthy female rats and 0.073 g./kg. for cats (one animal). The lethal dose by subcutaneous route is about 0.19 to 0.20 g./kg. for healthy male rats and 0.057 to 0.13 g./kg. for healthy female rats.

scholarly journals Cytoprotective processes induced by the effect of L-arginin-L-glutamate in rats with experimental pathology of the gastroduodenal zone

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 300-307
Author(s):  
Y. M. Stepanov ◽  
L. A. Ponomarenko ◽  
O. A. Lykholat ◽  
T. M. Shevchenko ◽  
O. M. Khomenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Free Radical ◽  
Antioxidant Defense ◽  
Reduced Glutathione ◽  
Experimental Animals ◽  
Free Radical Processes ◽  
Experimental Pathology ◽  
Ulcerative Lesions ◽  
Gastroduodenal Zone ◽  
Radical Processes

The processes of effect of L-arginine-L-glutamate on peroxidation and slime-forming function of the stomach cells, the system of antioxidant defense in the blood, liver and brain tissues of rats with experimental pathology of the gastroduodenal zone have been investigated. The animals were divided into four groups. Group I – control group were rats injected intragastrically through a probe physiological solution. Group II included animals with erosive ulcerative lesions of the gastroduodenal zone. Modeling of the erosive ulcerative lesions was carried out by intragastric administration of medical bile (1 ml/100 g) in combination with immobilization-cold stress for 1 hour at + 4 ºС for a period of seven days. Rats of group ІІІ simultaneously received an intra-abdominal 4% solution of L-arginine-L-glutamate in a dose of 20 mg per 100 g of body weight at the same time as the erosive ulcerative lesions modeling. To clarify the role of NO-ergic mechanism of L-arginine-L-glutamate influence on the quantitative composition of mucins and free radical processes rats in group ІV with erosive ulcerative lesions were injected with non-selective NO-synthase inhibitor, L-NAME (L-NG-nitroarginine methyl ester), at a dose of 1 mg per 100 g at the same time as injections of 4% solution of L-arginine-L-glutamate. The simulation of erosive-ulcerative lesions of the gastroduodenal zone in the experimental animals was accompanied by the intensification of lipid peroxidation processes, the imbalance of the antioxidant defense systems and the development of oxidative stress in the blood, tissues of the stomach, liver and brain, which has tissue-specific features. In the blood of the animals, the activation of the enzymatic link of antioxidant defense did not compensate for free radical processes, as a result, the exhaustion of the reduced glutathione pool occurred, and the level of TBA-active products increased both in plasma and in erythrocytes. There was a depression of the enzymes of the antioxidant defense and a decrease in the level of recovered glutathione, indicating decompensating of the liver antioxidant protection systems in the liver tissue of the rats. In the experimental animals , formation of erosive ulcerative lesions was accompanied by destabilization of the oxidation-reducing processes in the brain, which led to the intensification of the lipoperoxidation. In the mucous membrane of the stomach of the experimental animals, the total number of protection factors – secretory mucins with a simultaneous structural change – decreased. The use of L-arginine-L-glutamate reduced the manifestations of oxidative stress in the stomach tissue of animals with experimental pathology and normalized the quantitative and qualitative composition of mucins. In the blood, liver tissues and brain of the rats, L-arginine-L-glutamate injections activated the enzymes of the first anti-radical linkage – superoxide dismutase and catalase contributed to the increase of the pool of reduced glutathione and the deceleration of free radical reactions. Investigation of reactions to the action of the inhibitor provides the basis for the hypothesis of the NO-mediated action of L-arginine-L-glutamate on the formation of S-nitrosothiols, as evidenced by the high level of reduced glutathione when the inhibitor is used.

scholarly journals Effects of acute hypoxia on the energy status and antioxidant defense system in the blood of carp - Cyprinvs carpio L.

2002 ◽  
Vol 54 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
Radoslav Zikic ◽  
Andras Stajn ◽  
Sladjan Pavlovic ◽  
Branka Ognjanovic ◽  
Snezana Maletic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Defense ◽  
Reduced Glutathione ◽  
Acute Hypoxia ◽  
Lipid Peroxide ◽  
Antioxidant Defense System ◽  
Energy Status ◽  
Glutathione S Transferase ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Hypoxic Conditions

The influence of acute hypoxia on glucose, pyruvate, lipid peroxide (LP) reduced glutathione (GSH) concentrations and lactate level in the whole blood of carp (Cyprinus carpio L) under aquarium conditions were studied. The activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), the concentrations of ATP and ADP and ATP/ADP ratio in the red blood cells (RBCs) were analyzed. Glutathione-S-transferase (GST) activity was determined in the plasma. Our experiments showed that short-term and long-term hypoxia causes significant changes of all examined haema-tological parameters. Increased concentration of LP and increased SOD CAT and GST activities, as well as a decreased GSH-Px activity showed that under hypoxic conditions oxidative stress and RBCs damage were produced.

scholarly journals Post-hypoxic reaction of astrocytes of the visual cortex in the experiment

2017 ◽  
Vol 98 (6) ◽  
pp. 984-988 ◽  
Author(s):  
G A Drozdova ◽  
A F Samigullina ◽  
Ye A Nurgaleeva ◽  
G A Bayburina ◽  
A A Sorokin
Keyword(s):  
Superoxide Dismutase ◽  
Visual Cortex ◽  
Reduced Glutathione ◽  
Circulatory Arrest ◽  
Free Radical Oxidation ◽  
Acidic Protein ◽  
Radical Oxidation ◽  
Experimental Animals ◽  
White Rats ◽  
Neurospecific Protein

Aim. To study the nature of reactive changes in astrocytic glia and oxidative metabolic status in the visual cortex of experimental animals after acute circulatory arrest. Methods. A series of experiments was performed on 47 mature males of noninbred white rats weighing 150-180 g. Under general ethereal anesthesia, a 5-minute anoxia was modelled by intrathoracic clamping of the vascular bundle of the heart followed by resuscitation and observation of the general state dynamics of the animals within 5 weeks after revitalization. Morphometric characteristics of reactive astrogliosis were studied with evaluation of a neurospecific protein (glial fibrillary acidic protein) by immunohistochemistry. The processes of free radical oxidation in brain homogenates were evaluated by determination of products reacting with thiobarbituric acid and by chemiluminescence analysis. The state of antioxidant system in the studied tissues was determined by recording the activity of superoxide dismutase and the level of reduced glutathione. Results. Regarding astroglial link, significant expression of glial fibrillar acidic protein was recorded throughout the observation period with maximum intensification on day 21 of the experiment. In the early periods and during the second week after recovery, the increase of the light sum of iron-induced chemiluminescence was noted, followed by a prolonged accumulation of secondary metabolites of lipid peroxidation. The investigated level of superoxide dismutase significantly increased not only on days 1-3, but also during the second week of the postresuscitation period. When assessing the level of reduced glutathione, a significant increase of its content occured during the first three days after recovery. Conclusion. The revealed activation of a neurospecific protein production with preceding shifts in pro- and antioxidative systems is indicative of hyperreactive character of astrogliosis formed in brain structures against the continuous oxidative stress, disrupting the functioning of neural networks in the visual cortex of experimental animals.

scholarly journals Adaptogenic effect of phlojodicarpus sibiricus extract on cerebral ischemia

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey M. Gulyaev ◽  
Vasiliy V. Taraskin ◽  
Ekaterina Z. Urbanova
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Lipid Peroxidation ◽  
Cerebral Ischemia ◽  
Antioxidant Defense ◽  
Antioxidant Defense System ◽  
Defense System ◽  
Ether Anesthesia ◽  
Effect Of Ph ◽  
Adaptogenic Effect ◽  
The Brain

The aim of the study was to determine the adaptogenic effect of the extract from the roots of Phlojodicarpus sibiricus during ischemic influence on the left hemisphere of the brain. Experiments were conducted on Wistar rats of both sexes weighing 200-220 g. Unilateral cerebral ischemia was induced by permanent occlusion of the left common carotid artery under ether anesthesia. Adaptogenic anti-ischemic effect of Ph. sibiricus was determined by the number of desquamated endotheliocytes, nitrogen oxide metabolites – nitrites in the blood, by the content of lipid peroxidation products – malondialdehyde (MDA) and the activity of the antioxidant defense system in the brain tissue. It is established that Ph. sibiricus has an anti-ischemic effect, reduces the number of endotheliocytes desquamated, increases the level of nitric oxide in the blood (p ≤ 0.05), stimulates SOD and catalase activity, reducing the intensity of lipid peroxidation and the accumulation of MDA in the brain during ischemic exposure (p ≤ 0.05). Preventive administration of Ph. sibiricus extract has an adaptogenic effect in unilateral cerebral ischemia, which consists in reducing desquamated endotheliocytes, increasing the production of nitric oxide by endothelium, increasing the antioxidant defense system and reducing the intensity of oxidative reactions in the brain. Adaptogenic effect of Ph. sibiricus extract is caused by endothelium protective and antioxidant effects.

scholarly journals Amelioration of Heat Stress Induced Disturbances of Antioxidant Defense System in Chicken by Brahma Rasayana

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Ramnath ◽  
P. S. Rekha ◽  
K. S. Sujatha
Keyword(s):  
Heat Stress ◽  
Antioxidant Defense ◽  
Reduced Glutathione ◽  
Liver Lipid ◽  
Local Strain ◽  
Antioxidant Defense System ◽  
Enzymatic Antioxidants ◽  
Comfort Zone ◽  
Stress Markers ◽  
Liver Lipid Peroxidation

Since the range of comfort zone or thermo neutral zone of domestic chickens is narrow, they become easily susceptible to heat and cold environmental stress. We evaluated Brahma Rasayana (BR) supplementation on concentrations of certain oxidative stress markers associated with heat stress. A total of 48 egg type male chickens of local strain were divided into six groups (n = 8) for the study. Three groups were fed with BR orally at the rate of 2 g/kg bw daily for 10 days prior to and during the period of experiment. Two of the four groups that were exposed to heat stress (HST i.e. to a temperature of 40 ± 1°C and relative humidity of 80 ± 5% in an environmental chamber) for 4 h daily for 5 or 10 days, received BR orally. The other two groups remained as BR treated and untreated non-heat stressed (NHST) controls. There was a significant (P < 0.05) increase in the activities of antioxidant enzymes in blood such as catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), as well as liver CAT, glutathione peroxidase (GPX) and glutathione reductase (GR) in NHST-BR treated and HST-BR treated (both 5 and 10 days) chickens when compared with untreated controls. A great deal of significant (P < 0.05) variations were seen in serum and liver reduced glutathione (GSH) concentration in NHST-BR treated and HST-BR treated (both 5 and 10 days) chickens. Serum and liver lipid peroxidation levels were found to be significantly (P < 0.05) higher in HST-untreated (both 5 and 10 days) chickens when compared with other groups. Thus BR supplementation during HST brings about enhanced action of enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants, which nullified the undesired side effects of free radicals that are generated during HST.

scholarly journals A complex influence of chromium and zinc citrates on antioxidant defense system in rats’ organism with an experimentally induced diabetes mellitus

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. M. Slivinska ◽  
R. J. Iskra
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Diabetes Prevention ◽  
Antioxidant Defense ◽  
Reduced Glutathione ◽  
Antioxidant Defense System ◽  
Lipid Hydroperoxides ◽  
Defense System ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Group 3 ◽  
Group 2

Introduction. Since the diabetes mellitus is a genetically predetermined disease, preventive measures to postpone the onset of the disease or to avert its appearance are especially important for people from risk group. That is why it is so important to evaluate role of some microelements in diabetes prevention. In particular, it is known that zinc plays an important role in insulin synthesis, accumulation and release by β-cells in pancreas, while its synergist chromium activates insulin receptors on cell membranes.The aim of the study – to establish the effect of chromium and zinc citrates on the functioning of antioxidant system and on the content of lipid peroxidation products in rats’ blood and tissues under the condition of experimental streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus.Methods of the research. Experiments were conducted on white laboratory rats which were divided into three groups: 1 – the control group, 2, 3 – research groups. Rats from the 1 and 2 groups received only basic ration, while chromium and zinc citrates solutions were added to the water of animals from the group 3 in 25 mcg Cr/kg and 50 mg Zn/kg of body weight dosage. An experimental diabetes mellitus (EDM) was induced in animals from 2 and 3 research groups on the 25th day of the experiment, after 24-hour fasting, by intraperitoneal injection of Streptozotocin in 45 mg/kg bodyweight dosage. Materials for the research were rats’ blood and tissues that were received after decapitation. The content of lipid hydroperoxides in blood and tissues was determined by a method that requires protein sedimentation by a trichloroacetic acid (TCA) and further addition of ammonium thiocyanate to the solution. The MDA content was measured by means of a colored reaction of malondialdehyde with the thiobarbituric acid. The activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD, EC 1.1.15.1.) was determined by a method where nitrotetrazolium is reduced by superoxide radicals. Glutathione peroxidase activity (GP, EC 1.11.1.9.) was measured by the speed of reduced glutathione oxidation. The activity of catalase (EC 1.11.1.6.) was measured by hydrogen peroxide ability to form a stable colored complex with molybdenum salts. The activity of glutathione reductase (GR, EC 1.6.4.2) was measured by a speed of glutathione reduction in the presence of NADPH. The content of reduced glutathione was gauged by the level of thionitrophenol anion formation as a result of SH-groups of glutathione and 5.5-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) reaction.Results and Discussion. It was determined during the research that lipid hydroperoxides (LHP) and MDA contents in rats’ blood, skeletal muscles and pancreas were increased, while the activity of antioxidant defense system enzymes and reduced glutathione content were decreased under the condition of streptozotocin-induced DM. Under the condition of combined chromium and zinc citrates addition to the diet of rats from group 3 we observed the credible decrease of lipid hydroperoxides content, while the increased activity of antioxidant enzymes compared to those indexes from group 2.Conclusions. The received results indicate the normalization of lipids peroxidation processes and antioxidant defense under the influence of chromium and zinc citrates in animals with hyperglycemia. The further research of antioxidant properties of organic compounds of these microelements will let to develop medical remedies for diabetes prevention and treatment. 

scholarly journals System of antioxidant protection of the body of piglets under the action of feed additive “Butaselmevit-plus”

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
T. V. Martyshuk ◽  
B. V. Gutyj ◽  
V. I. Khalak
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Antioxidant Defense ◽  
Vena Cava ◽  
Antioxidant Defense System ◽  
The Body ◽  
Feed Additive ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Technological Stress ◽  
Protective Systems

The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of the feed additive “Butaselmevit-plus” on the state of the antioxidant defense system of piglets during weaning. The experiments were conducted on the basis of the LTD “KOSHET” Mukachevo district of Zakarpattia region. Two groups of piglets were formed – control and experimental, in the amount of 10 individuals in each group, selected on the principle of analogs – age, breed and body weight. Animals were fed according to the norms for this age of pigs. On the 28th day of life, the piglets were weaned from the sow and regrouped from different nests for further maintenance during fattening and rearing with a change in the structure of the diet, which served as technological stress for the animal's body. Piglets of the experimental group, from 21 to 40 days of age, were additionally fed the feed additive “Butaselmevit-plus” at a dose of 100 mg/kg body weight per day. The material for the study was blood, which was taken in the morning before feeding the animals by puncture of the cranial vena cava for 20 days of life (the period before weaning), for 25 days of life (the period before weaning), for 30 days of life (2 days after weaning), for 35 days of life (7 days after weaning), 40 days of life (12 days after weaning). It is proved that feeding piglets feed additive “Butaselmevit-plus” enhanced the antioxidant status of piglets after weaning. It was found that under conditions of technological stress, the use of feed additive “Butaselmevit-plus” in the amount of 100 mg/kg body weight per day improves the antioxidant defense of the body, as evidenced by an increase in blood 35-day-old piglets superoxide dismutase activity by 26.7 % (P < 0.001), catalase – by 39.5 % (P < 0.001), glutathione peroxidase – by 51.7 % (P < 0.05), glutathione reductase – by 52.9 % (P < 0.05), the content of reduced glutathione – at 58.3 % (P < 0.001). These results confirm the effectiveness of the use of milk thistle, methionine, selenium, and vitamins A, E, and D3 in the feed additive “Butaselmevit-plus” to piglets in the period before and after weaning to activate the protective systems of their body.

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