Increasing alveolar oxygen transport.
The use of a carotenoid compound, crocetin, as an oxygen diffusion enhancer was studied in both in vivo and in vitro conditions. For the in vivo experiments, the oxygen-enhancing characteristics of crocetin were studied using emphysemic rats. The in vitro experiments also verified the enhanced diffusion of oxygen through plasma due to crocetin.
D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004646:Emphysema / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D010206:Papain; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats
D002338:Carotenoids; D010206:Papain; D010100:Oxygen