The effect of the antioxidant drug U-74389G on urea levels during ischemia reperfusion injury in rats
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Published:2017-05-30
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Volume:11
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ISSN:1877-9352
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Container-title:Italian Journal of Medicine
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Short-container-title:Ital J Med
Author:
Tsompos Constantinos,Panoulis Constantinos,Toutouzas Konstantinos,Triantafyllou Aggeliki,Zografos George,Papalois Apostolos
Abstract
This experimental study examined the effect of the antioxidant drug U-74389G, on a rat model and particularly in a renal ischemia - reperfusion protocol. The effects of that molecule were studied biochemically using blood mean urea levels. Forty rats of mean weight 231.875 g were used in the study. Urea levels were measured at 60 min of reperfusion (groups A and C) and at 120 min of reperfusion (groups B and D). The drug U-74389G was administered only in groups C and D. U-74389G administration significantly decreased the predicted urea levels by 11.35%+2.73% (P=0.0001). Reperfusion time non-significantly increased the predicted urea levels by 2.26%+3.29% (P=0.4103). However, U-74389G administration and reperfusion time together significantly decreased the predicted urea levels by 6.31%+1.70% (P=0.0005). U-74389G administration whether it interacted or not with reperfusion time has significant decreasing effect on the urea serum levels, reflecting a respective renal function augmentation.
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PAGEPress Publications