title: In vivo inhibition of plasma protein leakage and Salmonella enteritidis-induced mortality in the rat by a specific paf-acether antagonist: BN 52021.
abstract: The effects of BN 52021, a new specific paf-acether receptor antagonist and the total Ginkgo Biloba extract (GBE 761) from which this product was isolated, were studied in the rat on paf-acether-induced permeability and cell number changes and on endotoxin-induced lethality. Their activities were compared to those of cyclooxygenase, 5-lipoxygenase and phospholipase A2 inhibitors. BN 52021 given s.c. or orally exerted a dose-related inhibition of paf-acether deleterious effects as well as of endotoxin lethality whereas the other drugs tested were poorly effective. These results strongly suggest paf-acether involvement in endotoxic and septic shock.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002199:Capillary Permeability / Q000187:drug effects; D004224:Diterpenes; D046934:Ginkgolides; D007783:Lactones; D008297:Male; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D004224:Diterpenes; D046934:Ginkgolides; D007783:Lactones; D010936:Plant Extracts; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; C045856:ginkgolide B