[Effect of fluorine on development of experimental atherosclerosis]

A four-month experiment with rabbits was carried out, aiming at the elucidation of fluorine effect in the development of experimental hypercholesterolemia. The experimental animals were grouped into five groups: group I--control; group II--treated with 0,5 mg/kg cholesterol; group III--administered 10 MAC fluorine; group IV and V--treated with combination fluorine and cholesterol. The animals were monthly examined and the dynamics of body weight, total blood count were followed up as well as the biochemical indices/ total lipids, cholesterol, beta-lipoproteins, blood sugar, urea, uric acid and some electrolytes/. Femurs and teeth of the experimental animals were tested for fluorine content and dry substance in them. Pathoanatomical and histochemical investigations were also performed. The results obtained allow to admit that fluorine, as a mictoelement, plays a certain role in the inhibition of the development of the experimental hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis.