In Wistar rats with focal ischemia, low-dose carnosine had an oxidative-status protective effect comparable to high-dose carnosine.
In plain wordsIn rats with focal ischemia, low-dose carnosine protected oxidative status comparably to high-dose carnosine.
- Peptide
- L-carnosine
- Outcome
- Not applicableOxidative status at low versus high dose
- Study
Wistar ratsn: not reported in source
Focal cerebral ischemia- Comparator
- 500 mg/kg carnosine
- Outcome group
- Oxidative stress · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- 50 mg/kgAs given in this study (Wistar rats).
Source sentences
We demonstrated for the first time a neuroprotective effect of therapeutic administration of carnosine in low doses (50 mg/kg) on parameters of the oxidative status under conditions of focal ischemia comparable to its effect of high doses (500 mg/kg) as well as its local effect in the penumbra zone.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Oxidative status was assessed in different areas of the cerebral cortex of male Wistar rats under normal condition and during permanent 24-h focal ischemia.