In Wistar rats under chronic restraint stress, Semax at 50 and 150 μg/kg prevented the stress-induced changes in colon microbiota composition.
In plain wordsIn rats under stress, Semax at two doses stopped stress from changing the make-up of gut bacteria.
- Peptide
- Semax
- Outcome
- MixedStress-induced changes in colon microbiota composition
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Wistar male rats, chronic restraint stress- Outcome group
- Gut microbiota · Gastrointestinal
- Studied dose
- 50 and 150 μg/kg · intraperitonealAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
Semax in doses of 50 and 150 μg/kg prevented the stress-induced changes in the composition of colon microbiota.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
We studied the effect of Semax on the state of intestinal microbiota in rats subjected to restraint stress.
Semax was injected to Wistar male rats intraperitoneally in doses of 5, 50, 150, 450 μg/kg 12-15 min before modelling chronic restraint stress.