[The effect of mexidol on the development of experimental peroxide athero-arteriosclerosis]

A rabbit model of peroxide atherosclerosis was used to examine the new psychotropic drug Mexydol for its angioprotective properties. The agent was found to inhibit atheroarteriosclerotic manifestations such as hyperlipemia, activated lipid peroxidation, lower activity of the antioxidative system and to produce protective effects on the local vascular mechanisms of atherogenesis, by diminishing the severity of aortic lesion.