Analysis of antioxidant properties of chitosan and its oligomers.
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.
Koryagin
A S
AS
N. I. Lobachevsky Nizhnii Novgorod State University.
Erofeeva
E A
EA
Yakimovich
N O
NO
Aleksandrova
E A
EA
Smirnova
L A
LA
Mal'kov
A V
AV
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
D000975:Antioxidants; D006454:Hemoglobins; D009844:Oligosaccharides; C493484:oligochitosan; D002686:Chitin; D048271:Chitosan