pantetheine and Carbon-Tetrachloride-Poisoning

The daily ip administration of pantethine (500 mg/kg), pantothenic acid (100 mg/kg) or cystamine (50 mg/kg) for 5 days conferred significant protection against the hepatotoxic and peroxidative actions of a 0.5 mL/kg ip dose of CCl4 in rats. All three treatments lessened the increases in serum ALT and liver TBARS values, and the reductions in serum triglyceride levels, and prevented the development of hepatic steatosis caused by the halocarbon. Pantethine was found to offer the greatest protection.

Topics: Alanine Transaminase; Animals; Carbon Tetrachloride; Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning; Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; Cholesterol; Cystamine; Lipid Metabolism; Liver; Male; Pantetheine; Pantothenic Acid; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Sulfhydryl Compounds; Triglycerides