In rats, salmon calcitonin-loaded chitosan-coated nanocapsules and nanoparticles produced a marked, long-lasting decrease in calcemia.
In plain wordsIn rats, salmon calcitonin-loaded chitosan-coated nanocapsules and nanoparticles markedly reduced blood calcium for a prolonged period.
- Peptide
- Calcitonin-salmon
- Outcome
- DecreaseCalcemia
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
rats- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · intestinalAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
Indeed, both CS-coated systems (nanocapsules and CS-coated nanoparticles) showed an important capacity to enhance the intestinal absorption of the model peptide, salmon calcitonin, as shown by the important and long-lasting decrease in the calcemia levels observed in rats.