Influence of negative air ions on liver regeneration.
Partial hepatectomy led to an increased oxygen consumption over the whole respiratory cycle. Association of partial hepatectomy with negative aeroionotherapy determined a decrease of oxygen consumption as compared with the partially hepatectomized animals. Negative air ionization in controls determined a decrease of oxygen consumption at the level of the NAD+ dependent enzymes. On the other hand, neither partial hepatectomy, nor negative air ionization altered the oxidative phosphorylation of mitochondria.
D000390:Air Ionization; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D008115:Liver Regeneration; D008297:Male; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D010085:Oxidative Phosphorylation; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors