title: Analysis of antioxidant properties of chitosan and its oligomers.
abstract: Oral treatment with chitosan with a molecular weight approximately 105, but not its oligomer, reduced plasma content of free-radical oxidation products in normal rats and animals treated for the bone marrow form of radiation sickness and stimulated the recovery processes in involved bone marrow and peripheral blood.
authors.affiliation: N. I. Lobachevsky Nizhnii Novgorod State University.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Koryagin
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Erofeeva
authors.forename: N O
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Yakimovich
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Aleksandrova
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Smirnova
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Mal'kov
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002686:Chitin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D048271:Chitosan / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D008297:Male; D023421:Models, Animal; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D006454:Hemoglobins; D009844:Oligosaccharides; C493484:oligochitosan; D002686:Chitin; D048271:Chitosan