Open AccessThe Acute Effect of the Antioxidant Drug U-74389G on Red Blood Cell Distribution Width Levels During Hypoxia Reoxygenation Injury in Rats
Author(s) -
Constantinos Tsompos,
Constantinos Panoulis,
Konstantinos Toutouzas,
George Zografos,
Αpostolos Papalois
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
folia medica/folia medica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.245
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1314-2143
pISSN - 0204-8043
DOI - 10.1515/folmed-2015-0044
Subject(s) - medicine , hypoxia (environmental) , antioxidant capacity , red blood cell distribution width , antioxidant , distribution (mathematics) , context (archaeology) , red blood cell , pharmacology , drug , anesthesia , endocrinology , biology , chemistry , biochemistry , oxygen , oxidative stress , mathematical analysis , paleontology , mathematics , organic chemistry
The AIM of this experimental study was to evaluate the effect of the antioxidant drug "U-74389G" in a rat model of hypoxia reoxygenation (HR) using the previously established protocol. Effects of treatment were evaluated by mean red blood cell distribution width (RDW) levels.