Endocrine Regulations (Oct 2019)

Comparing the preventive effect of sodium hydrosulfide, leptin, and curcumin against L-arginine induced acute pancreatitis in rats: role of corticosterone and inducible nitric oxide synthase

  • Ragy Merhan M.,
  • Ali Fatma F.,
  • Toni Nisreen D. M.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/enr-2019-0022
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 53, no. 4
pp. 221 – 230

Abstract

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Objectives. Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a life-threatening condition. Using antioxidants in AP is insufficient and conflicting. Therefore, this study compared the effect of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) donor, sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS), leptin or curcumin pretreatment on AP induced by L-arginine.

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