Protection of estrogen in portal hypertension gastropathy: an experimental model

María Isabel Morgan-Martins, Simone Iahnig Jacques, Renata Minuzzo Hartmann, Camila Moraes Marques, Cláudio Augusto Marroni, Norma Possa Marroni

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia · 2011 · 13 citations · 29 references

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Abstract

We suggest that estrogen E2 plays a protective role in intact compared with castrated rats because it presents hydrophenolic radicals in its molecule, thus acting as an antioxidant in this experimental model.

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