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Changes in the state of the antioxidant protection system and the intensification of free radical processes are the leading pathobiochemical mechanism for the development of reperfusion damage to cells. The aim of this paper is to determine the features of changes in markers of oxidative stress at different periods of development of the acute reperfusion after total vascular exclusion of rat liver. The study was carried out on 100 white nonlinear sexually mature male rats weighing of 200-250 grams. The animals of the experimental groups were simulated with a 20-minute vascular isolation of the liver. Blood in a volume of 2-3 ml was taken from the inferior vena cava for 5, 15, 30, 60, 120, 180 minutes, 8 hours and a day after the restoration of blood flow. The results of the study showed that in the early stages of the reperfusion period (5-60 minutes), changes are observed due to cytolysis of hepatocytes during the period of organ ischemia and leaching of cell contents into the blood. The level of radical sorption of ABTS by blood plasma briefly increased by 20% by the 5th minute of the reperfusion period; at the same period, an increase in glutathione peroxidase activity by 2.5 times was noted. The total antioxidant activity, determined by the iron-reducing method, was increased by 2 times within the period of 15-30 minutes after the restoration of blood flow. The main manifestations of reperfusion damage to the liver developed in 60 minutes after the restoration of blood flow and were characterized by a sharp decrease in total AOA by 1.5-2 times and the concentration of reduced glutathione by 20%. The system of antioxidant protection of blood plasma was the first to react to the spread of the pathological process at the systemic level and its changes persisted one day after liver ischemia. A 20-minute vascular exclusion of the liver was accompa- nied by changes in the antioxidant balance in the erythrocyte suspension, but these changes returned to normal a day after the restoration of blood flow. The data obtained make it possible to distinguish between the contribution of ischemic and reperfusion injuries to the development of oxidative disorders, which is important from the standpoint of assessing the possibilities of anti- oxidant therapy.

Aim. This study aims to increase the efficiency of the wound process in patients with odontogenic phlegmons of the maxillofacial region by using energotropic and antioxidant agents. Material and methods. The clinical study included 42 patients with odontogenic phlegmons of the maxillofacial region. The patients were divided into two groups: comparison group (patients received traditional treatment) and main group (patients received treatment with Cytoflavin in the treatment regimen). Results. In the main group, the appearance of the first granulations occurred 2.1 times faster (on average on the 3rd day) in comparison with the granulation tissue in patients of the comparison group. Signs of edge epithelialization of wounds appeared almost 3 days earlier (on average on the 6th day) in the main group than in the comparison group; on the 7th day, secondary sutures were already applied, which was 1.6 times faster than the same parameter group 2, clearly suggesting the acceleration of reparative processes. Conclusion. The dynamics of clinical manifestations indicates the comparative effectiveness of using Cytoflavin as part of complex therapy. This finding is confirmed by the accelerated terms of wound healing, the appearance of granulations, epithelialization of the wound edges, and the imposition of secondary sutures.

Aim. The effectiveness of antioxidant correction of oxidative disturbances in women suffering from inflammatory diseases of the small pelvis was evaluated. Materials and methods. The study was performed on 154 women divided into groups: the control group (n=30), the group composed of the patients suffering from the complex course of chronic inflammatory uterine disease with salpingitis and oophoritis in their exacerbation phase (n=120). The patients of the 2nd group underwent standardized course of treatment, while the patients of the 3rd group received tocopherol and retinol in addition to the standard- ized therapy, the patients of the 4th group were injected with the sodium thiosulfate, and the patients of the 5th group received all three antioxidants at the same time. The study lasted 2 weeks, at the beginning and in the end blood and oral liquid were sampled. In the body liquids the general antioxidative activity and the content of oxidative modifications of biomolecules were determined (TBA-reactive substances). Results. The performed study demonstrated the presence of imbalance in oxidative homeostasis in women suf- fering from inflammatory diseases of the small pelvis which was characterized by the general antioxidant activity of the blood plasma decreased by 30% and the content of TBA-reactive substances in erythrocytic meal and oral liquid increased by 45%. The injections of tocopherol, retinol and thiosulfate were accompanied by the similarly expressed stabilization of the prooxidant-oxidative balance including the increase in the general antioxidant activity at the sys- temic level and the decrease in the content of TBA-reactive substances in blood and oral liquid down to the proper indices of the group composed of apparently healthy female test patients. Conclusion. The received data demonstrated the necessity of correction for the imbalance of prooxidant-oxidative system while the evaluation of the correction by means of the lipophilic tocopherol and retinol, hydrophilic sodium thio- sulfate or their combined usage revealed the high effectiveness of each of the used treatment profiles.

In the article the influence of the hepatotropic effect of linseed and walnut oils on the lipid composition of the rats' blood serum under CCl4 intoxication has been presented. Lipid metabolism was characterised by the assessment of total cholesterol content in the blood serum, non-etherified cholesterol, cholesterol ethers, cholesterol lipoproteids of high-, low- and very low- density as well as triaclglycerins. In rats with experimental severe liver insufficiency associated with cholesterol increase in low-density lipoproteid fraction alongside its decrease in high-density lipoproteid fraction hypercholesterolemia was progressing. Cholesterol etherification inhibition (by 31.1%) was also observed. The tendency to less intensive disorders (by 1.7-2.0) as well as the tendency to lipid metabolism normalisation in animals have been revealed under the influence of lipophilic substances studied.

The article presents the results of biochemical evaluation of metabolic effects of lipophilic products of plant origin among which such oils as linseed, black nuts and walnuts oils as well as medicine «Phosphogliv» were selected as the most promising ones. The influence of the studied substances on lipid metabolism in experiment on male rats (170–220 g body weight) with modeled acute hepatotoxicity with carbon tetrachloride (that was achieved by subcutaneous injection of 50% oil solution of carbon tetrachloride – 0.5 ml/100 g of the body mass once a day during 3 days) has been investigated. Liver function was assessed by triacylglycerols content in the serum, total, esterified and nonesterified cholesterol, cholesterol in the lipoproteins of high, low and very low density, as well as by the nonesterified cholesterol and phospholipids content in the hemolysate of red blood cells. Carbon tetrachloride hepatotoxic damage was accompanied by the development of severe hypercholesterolemia associated both with the increase in total cholesterol and its content in low density lipoproteins alongside the reducing of the cholesterol concentration in high density lipoproteins, resulted in secondary dyslipoproteinemia. Inhibition of the esterification of cholesterol processes as well as the decrease in the triacylglycerols concentration was observed. It is connected with the triacylglycerols endogenous synthesis blocking in the liver, resulted from its toxic damage. It is also confirmed by cholesterol content reducing in the lipoproteins of very low density. In erythrocytes of rats with CCl4 intoxication phospholipid content decreased while the amount of nonesterified cholesterol that is a component of cell membranes, influencing the proteins and lipids diffusion, which reduces the mobility of the fatty acid residues of phospholipids, increased. The injection of the black nuts and walnuts oils as well as flax oil (intragastric injections 0.2 ml daily in the morning before the main feeding from the 7th to the 30th day of the experiment, n=25 in each group) to rats with liver failure induced by carbon tetrachloride, contributed to the partial restoration of liver tissue structure and statistically reliable decrease of lipid metabolism. Decrease in the total cholesterol content by 17.5% in the group of animals treated with linseed oil was observed; LDL cholesterol also decreased under the influence of walnuts and black nuts oils by 36.7 and 40.6% respectively. The increase in the content of phospholipids in erythrocytes of rats when administered by the studied lipophilic products has made it possible to prove the improvement of the cell membranes rheological properties. The results of the study of the influence of linseed, black nuts and walnuts oils as well as medicine «Phosphogliv» on animals with hepatotoxicity by CCl4 have proved positive effect of these lipophilic substances on lipid metabolism.

The results of the study of activity of digestive proteases (pepsin, trypsin, chymotrypsin) in homogenates of stomach, pancreas and duodenum in experimental animals have been presented. Rats were exposed to intoxication with carbon tetrachloride (subcutaneous administration of a 50% oil solution of CCl4 in the dose of 0.5 ml per 100 g body weight) for three days and then they were given analysed oils (black nut, walnut and flax oil) intragastrically by gavage at a dose of 0.2 ml per day within 23 days. Pepsin level in gastric mucosa homogenates and chymotrypsin activity in pancreatic homogenates were determined by method of N.P. Pyatnitskiy based on on the ability of enzymes to coagulate dairy-acetate mixture, respectively, at 25 degrees C and 35 degrees C. Trypsin activity in homogenates of pancreatic was determined by method of Erlanger - Shaternikova colorimetrically. It has been established that intoxication with CCl4 decreased the synthesis of proteolytic enzymes of the stomach (by 51%) and pancreas (by 70-78%). Injections of analysed vegetable oils to animals contributed to the normalization of proteolytic enzymes synthesis. The conclusion that there are prospects of using the analysed vegetable oils containing large quantity of polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega-3 and omega-6) for the correction of detected biochemical abnormalities has been done.