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The Dimethylnitrosamine Induced Liver Fibrosis Model in the Rat
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[Diethylnicotinamid (cordiamine) stabilization of the liver hydroxylating function in rabbits with CCl4 poisoning]
Farmakologiia I Toksikologiia
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
Three and ten days after the administration of CCl4 (subcutaneously, once, 4 ml/kg of 50% oil solution) there were found a decrease of the rate of antipyrine elimination (intravenously, 50 mg/kg) from the blood plasma, an increase of the total bilirubin content, ALT activity and stimulation of lipid peroxidation processes. Cordiamine administration (subcutaneously, twice a day, 3 and 10 days) exerts the normalizing effect.
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