title: Inhibition of alloxan-induced hyperglycaemia in mice by the pyridoindole stobadine.
abstract: Alloxan-induced hyperglycaemia was used as a model of free radical pathology to test the antioxidant activity of the pyridoindole drug, stobadine, in the intact mouse. Stobadine was injected intraperitoneally in a dose range 7.5-60 mg/kg prior to intravenous injection of alloxan (50 mg/kg), and blood glucose concentration 72 hr after alloxan administration was used as an index of alloxan toxicity. Stobadine efficiently suppressed the alloxan-induced hyperglycaemia in a dose-dependent manner. This protection against the diabetogenic effect of alloxan is consistent with the high efficacy of stobadine to scavenge hydroxyl radicals.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Experimental Pharmacology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stefek
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Trnkova
mesh_terms: D000496:Alloxan / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000187:drug effects; D002243:Carbolines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D001786:Blood Glucose; D002243:Carbolines; D000496:Alloxan; C100106:dicarbine