In rats, carnosine significantly attenuated adriamycin-induced cardiac dysfunction and normalized ventricular function.
In plain wordsIn rats, carnosine normalized ventricular function compared with adriamycin alone.
- Peptide
- L-carnosine
- Outcome
- Not applicableVentricular function
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Female Sprague Dawley rats with adriamycin-induced cardiac damage- Comparator
- Adriamycin alone
- Outcome group
- Heart function · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · intravenous · One week before and one week with adriamycin treatmentAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
Carnosine treatment caused significant attenuation (p=0.05) of cardiac dysfunction induced by adriamycin (CAR+ADR), revealed by normalization of the ventricular function, ECG and biochemical variables.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The present study examined the antioxidant protective effects of carnosine (CAR) on adriamycin-induced cardiac damage in rats.
Female Sprague Dawley rats were divided into four groups.
Carnosine was given one week before adriamycin treatment and following one week with adriamycin treatment.