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Hypoxic preconditioning preserves antioxidant reserve in the working rat heart

DOI

110

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0

References

1995

Year

Daniel T. Engelman, Mirian Watanabe, Richard M. Engelman, J. A. Rousou, Elena R. Kisin, Valerian E. Kagan, Nilanjana Maulik, Dilip K. Das
Cardiovascular Research

Abstract

Hypoxic preconditioning enhances functional recovery and reduces cell necrosis following global ischaemia in the working rat heart. This phenomenon may, in part, be mediated through enhanced ascorbate and thiol components of the antioxidant reserve.