Protective effect of flavonoids and tocopherol in high altitude hypoxia in the rat: comparison with ascorbic acid.
The mixture of flavonoids (silymarin) from Carduus Marianus (0.9 mg.g-1 body weight) and/or ascorbic acid (0.4 mg.g-1 body weight) were administered in the food to 21 day-old (b.w. 35-45 g) rats for one week. Then the animals were exposed, in a hypobaric chamber, to simulated altitude 8,000-12,000 m for one hour. Mean lethal altitude was calculated by the Behrens equation: it was 10,150 m in controls, 10,550 m in ascorbic acid treated, 10,500 m in silymarin and tocopherol treated and 10,450 m in animals, receiving both ascorbic acid and silymarin. Thus silymarin protected the animals against lethality of high-altitude hypoxia. The effect of ascorbic acid and silymarin were not additive.
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Institute of Physiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague.
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D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000818:Animals; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012838:Silymarin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D012838:Silymarin; D014810:Vitamin E; D001205:Ascorbic Acid