[Effect of chitosan on lipid peroxidation in toxic liver injury].
Lipid peroxidation was intensified by tetrachloromethane in liver. Concentration of lipid peroxidation products was decreased after chitosan injections. It was shown that application of chitosan had a positive effect on the liver of mice intoxicated by tetrachloromethane.
Shevtsova
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Institute of Marine Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok. inmarbio@mail.primorie.ru
D000818:Animals; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride / Q000633:toxicity; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000378:metabolism*; D002686:Chitin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D048271:Chitosan; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice
D002686:Chitin; D048271:Chitosan; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride