In rats with bile duct ligation-induced acute pancreatitis, BPC‑157 given before ligation gave strong pancreas protection.
In plain wordsIn rats with pancreatitis, BPC‑157 given before the injury strongly protected the pancreas.
- Peptide
- BPC-157
- Outcome
- DecreasePancreas protection, prophylactic regimen
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Bile duct ligation-induced acute pancreatitis- Comparator
- Control
- Outcome group
- Gastrointestinal protection · Gastrointestinal
- Studied dose
- 10 microg, 10 ng/kg body wt · intraperitoneal or intragastricAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
In the pretreatment regimen, a strong pancreas protection was obtained.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
In the present study, BPC 157 was tested as either a protective or healing agent in bile duct ligation-induced acute pancreatitis in rats.
BPC 157 (10 microg, 10 ng/kg body wt, intraperitoneally or intragastrically) was given prophylactically 1 hr before ligation, whereas the therapy was given once daily beginning with the 24 hr following ligation (last application 24 hr before killing).