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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-12-20
pubmed:abstractText
Orgotein is a copper- and zinc-containing protein with superoxide-dismutase activity which can be isolated from bovine liver and erythrocytes. The effects of this drug on adjuvant -induced arthritis in rats, and particularly on the changes in erythrocytes sedimentation rates and plasma fibrinogen levels induced by this experimental infection, were studied. Orgotein was also assayed on nystatin-induced paw edema, passive cutaneous anaphylaxis and Arthus reaction, in rats. Finally, studies on platelet aggregation and the prostaglandin system were conducted. Given at doses of 2.5 and 5 mg/kg i.p. for 14 days to arthritic rats, orgotein normalized the serum changes, inhibited the foot swelling and improved the performance time on the rotating bar. The drug reduced, after a single dose, the nystatin-induced edema, whilst it showed no effects on the immunological inflammations, platelet aggregation and prostaglandin system. The probable mechanism of action is discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0004-4172
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
781-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Additional pharmacological aspects of orgotein, a metalloprotein with superoxide-dismutase activity.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro