Is carnosine effective to alleviate lung injury: a systematic review

Abstract

Lung injury is one of the most important risk factor for morbidity and mortality, especially in older people. There are several reasons causing acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) such as pneumonia, sepsis, viruses, oxidants, and trauma. Evidence has shown that carnosine has many properties, such as suppressing hydroxyl, superoxide, and peroxyl radicals, inhibiting peroxidation, membrane protection and wound healing. We aimed to analyze the effects of carnosine on lung injury in this systematic review.

Keywords

• carnosine
• lung
• lung injury
• respiratory diseases
• systematic review
• karnozin
• akciğer
• akciğer hasarı
• solunum hastalıkları
• sistematik derleme