Influence of long-term administration of naturally occurring sorbents on the ultrastructure of small intestine enterocytes in rats

1998 ◽  
Vol 125 (6) ◽  
pp. 626-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. P. Bgatova
Antioxidants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Jan Homolak ◽  
Ana Babic Perhoc ◽  
Ana Knezovic ◽  
Jelena Osmanovic Barilar ◽  
Davor Virag ◽  
...  

Galactose is a ubiquitous monosaccharide with important yet incompletely understood nutritive and physiological roles. Chronic parenteral d-galactose administration is used for modeling aging-related pathophysiological processes in rodents due to its ability to induce oxidative stress (OS). Conversely, chronic oral d-galactose administration prevents and alleviates cognitive decline in a rat model of sporadic Alzheimer’s disease, indicating that galactose may exert beneficial health effects by acting in the gut. The present aim was to explore the acute time-response of intestinal redox homeostasis following oral administration of d-galactose. Male Wistar rats were euthanized at baseline (n = 6), 30 (n = 6), 60 (n = 6), and 120 (n = 6) minutes following orogastric administration of d-galactose (200 mg/kg). The overall reductive capacity, lipid peroxidation, the concentration of low-molecular-weight thiols (LMWT) and protein sulfhydryls (SH), the activity of Mn and Cu/Zn superoxide dismutases (SOD), reduced and oxidized fractions of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphates (NADPH/NADP), and the hydrogen peroxide dissociation rate were analyzed in duodenum and ileum. Acute oral administration of d-galactose increased the activity of SODs and decreased intestinal lipid peroxidation and nucleophilic substrates (LMWT, SH, NADPH), indicating activation of peroxidative damage defense pathways. The redox system of the small intestine can acutely tolerate even high luminal concentrations of galactose (0.55 M), and oral galactose treatment is associated with a reduction rather than the increment of the intestinal OS. The ability of oral d-galactose to modulate intestinal OS should be further explored in the context of intestinal barrier maintenance, and beneficial cognitive effects associated with long-term administration of low doses of d-galactose.


1966 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 342-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
F-E. Krusius ◽  
Pentti Peltola

ABSTRACT L-5-vinyl-2-thio-oxazolidone (VTO), found in the seeds of cruciferous weeds and in milk specimens from the endemic goitre districts of Finland, was fed to rats. A dose of 0.1 μg/day had an almost significant and of 0.5 μg/day a significant weight-increasing effect on the thyroid in 1—15 weeks. The quantities of VTO found in milk specimens from endemic goitre districts of Finland are greater than the concentration of VTO in drinking fluid necessary for producing enlargement of the thyroid in rats. The minute daily oral doses of VTO that led to enlargement of the thyroid did not inhibit the radioiodine uptake of the gland. The smallest single oral dose of VTO which inhibited the 4-h radioiodine uptake in the rat thyroid was 0.1 mg (almost significant) and 0.5 mg (significant), i. e. about 1000 times greater than the smallest daily amount which produced thyroid enlargement in long-term administration. The inhibition seemed to last for less than 8 hours. The goitrogenic activity of milk to which VTO had been added was still present after storage for one day, though VTO was no longer demonstrable by the chemical method of assay generally employed. L-5-phenyl-2-thio-oxazolidone (PTO), a compound also occurring naturally in weeds of the Cruciferae family, when administered to rats in doses as low as 2 μg/day in long-term experiments, caused a distinct increase in relative thyroid weight, which appeared from 1 to 9 weeks after the start of the experiments. In the radioiodine tests, there were no clear-cut differences as compared with the control series. The results with both compounds show that the inhibition in the radioiodine uptake test after a single dose is too insensitive a method for the detection of minute amounts of goitrogens with a thiouracil-type of activity in foodstuffs.


2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A572-A572
Author(s):  
F JABOLI ◽  
E RODA ◽  
C FABBRI ◽  
S MARCHETTO ◽  
F FERRARA ◽  
...  

1960 ◽  
Vol XXXIII (IV) ◽  
pp. 630-636
Author(s):  
F.-E. Krusius ◽  
P. Peltola

ABSTRACT The study reported here was performed in order to examine the tap water of Helsinki for its alleged goitrogenous effect. In a short-term, 24-hour experiment with rats, kept on an iodine-poor diet, we noticed no inhibition of the 4-hour 131I uptake, as compared with that of animals receiving physiological saline instead of tap water. Two similar groups of rats receiving 1 and 2 mg of mercazole in redistilled water showed a distinct blockage of the 4-hour uptake, which proved the effect of this substance. In a long-term experiment of 5 weeks' duration there was no detectable difference in the body weight, thyroid weight and the 4-hour 131I uptake when the rats receiving tap water or distilled water to which 0.45 per cent of sodium chloride was added were compared with each other. Replacement of tap water by a 10 mg per cent solution of mercazole in redistilled water enlarged the thyroid to double its normal weight and increased the 131I uptake to approximately five times that of the controls. Thus our experiments failed to demonstrate any goitrogenous effect in the tap water of Helsinki. Changes similar to those produced by a long-term administration of mercazole, i. e. an enlargement of the thyroid and an increased thyroidal iodine uptake, have been shown to be due to milk collected from goitrous areas. The observations here reported confirm the importance of milk in the genesis of the goitre endemia of Helsinki. Attention is further called to the fact that a thyroidal enlargement combined with an increased thyroidal iodine uptake cannot always be taken as a sign of iodine deficiency because similar changes may be produced by the administration of goitrogens.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-60
Author(s):  
Khabib Barnoev ◽  
◽  
Sherali Toshpulatov ◽  
Nozima Babajanova ◽  

The article presents the results of a study to evaluate the effectiveness of antiaggregant therapy on the functional status of the kidneys in 115 patients with stage II and III chronic kidney disease on the basis of a comparative study of dipyridamole and allthrombosepin. Studies have shown that long-term administration of allthrombosepin to patients has led to improved renal function.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-54
Author(s):  
Khabib Barnoev ◽  

The article presents the results of a study to assess the functional reserve of the kidneys against the background of a comparative study of antiaggregant therapy dipyridamole and allthrombosepin in 50 patients with a relatively early stage of chronic kidney disease. Studies have shown that long-term administration of allthrombosepin to patients has resulted in better maintenance of kidney functional reserves. Therefore, our research has once again confirmed that diphtheridamol, which is widely used as an antiaggregant drug in chronic kidney disease, does not lag behind the domestic raw material allthrombosepin


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