In pregnant rats exposed to acute hypobaric hypoxia, preventive intranasal instillation of a Semax and beta-casomorphin-7 mixture prevented the hypoxia effect on the progeny.
In plain wordsIn rats, a nasal mixture of Semax and beta-casomorphin-7 given to pregnant females prevented the harm that lack of oxygen caused in their pups.
- Peptide
- Semax
- Outcome
- Not applicableProgeny development after prenatal hypoxia
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Pups of pregnant rats exposed to acute hypobaric hypoxia- Outcome group
- Pregnancy and fetal development · Whole body
Source sentences
Preventive intranasal instillations of peptide mixture (semax and beta-casomorphine-7) to pregnant females prevented the effect of hypoxia on the progeny.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Acute hypobaric hypoxia of pregnant rats led to a significant delay in body weight gain, growth and time of eye opening in newborn rat pups which was paralleled by behavioral changes.
In this study, Semax was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Semax.