title: Use of Carnosine for Oxidative Stress Reduction in Different Pathologies.
abstract: The main properties and biological effects of the antioxidant carnosine, the natural dipeptide β-alanyl-L-histidine, are considered. Data on the effective use of carnosine in different pathologies are presented. Special attention is paid to issues of use of carnosine in neurologic and mental diseases, in alcoholism as well as in physiological states accompanied by activation of free-radical processes and formation of oxidative stress.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Psychiatry and Narcology, Mental Health Research Institute, Tomsk 634014, Russia.
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Prokopieva
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Psychiatry and Narcology, Mental Health Research Institute, Tomsk 634014, Russia.
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Yarygina
authors.affiliation: Addictive States Department, Mental Health Research Institute, Tomsk 634014, Russia.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Bokhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Psychiatry and Narcology, Mental Health Research Institute, Tomsk 634014, Russia.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ivanova
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000188:drug therapy; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D002336:Carnosine / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004194:Disease; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D002336:Carnosine