In rats under immobilization stress, Semax across the whole studied dose range produced an antioxidant effect in hepatocytes.
In plain wordsIn rats under stress, Semax at all tested doses had an antioxidant effect in liver cells.
- Peptide
- Semax
- Outcome
- DecreaseHepatocyte free-radical oxidation (antioxidant effect)
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Wistar male rats, acute and chronic immobilization stress- Outcome group
- Oxidative stress · Liver
- Studied dose
- 5, 50, 150 and 450 μg/kg · intraperitonealAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
peptide administration in the entire dose range studied produced antioxidant effect in hepatocytes
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The effect of ACTH-(4-7)-PGP (semax) intraperitoneal injection at doses of 5, 50, 150 and 450 μg/kg b.w. on the free-radical oxidation and the activity of serum transaminases in Wistar male rats subjected to acute and chronic immobilization stress has been studied.