In cyclophosphamide-treated mice, carnosine significantly inhibited bone marrow reactive oxygen species generation.
In plain wordsIn mice, carnosine reduced bone marrow reactive oxygen species compared with cyclophosphamide without carnosine.
- Peptide
- L-carnosine
- Outcome
- DecreaseReactive oxygen species generation
- Study
mousen: not reported in source
cyclophosphamide-treated mice, bone marrow cells- Comparator
- cyclophosphamide without carnosine
- Outcome group
- Receptor activity and mechanism · Whole body
- Studied dose
- 100 and 200 mg/kg · intraperitonealAs given in this study (mouse).
Source sentences
Our results show that carnosine treatment (100 and 200mg/kg, i.p.) significantly inhibited the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dG), and decreased chromosomal abnormalities in the bone marrow cells of mice treated with CTX (20mg/kg, i.v., 24h).