[Comparative study of injuring action of the preparations used for chemical-mechanic removal of carious dentine].

The destruction of human serum albumin was studied under the influence of the preparations used for chemical-mechanic removal of carious dentine (GK-101 and Caricleans, gel #2) and model systems containing sodium hypochlorite and amino compounds. Control contained hydroxide and sodium chloride but not hypochlorite. The degree of albumin destruction was determined by the amount of low molecular weight fragments precipitated by phosphotungstic acid but not by trichloracetic acid.

[Effect of echinochrom on experimental myocardial reperfusion injury].

Echinochrom, a new antioxidant of the polyhydroxynaphthaquinone class, was tested for its cardioprotective activity in a model of occlusive reperfusion myocardial infarction (90-min occlusion and 4-hour reperfusion) in the acute experiments with open-chest dogs. The bolus intravenous injection of echinochrom in a dose of 1 mg/kg 5 min before reperfusion caused a significant (over 40%) reduction in the size of a necrotic focus. A supplementary administration of echinochrom 5 min after the onset of ischemia failed to contribute to a significant enhancement of its protective effect, suggesting that there is no substantial effect of the agent on ischemic lesion.

[Effect of prostaglandins F2alpha and E1 on systemic and regional hemodynamics].

In experiments with anesthetized female-rats the influence of intravenous prostaglandins F2alpha (40 mg/kg) and Ei (10 mg/kg) on the cardiac output (by the method of dye dilution) and on the blood flow distribution among organs and tissues (by the method of Rb86 distribution) was studied. Prostaglandin F2alpha increased the arterial pressure, cardiac output along with the volume of the circulating plasma and reduced the total peripheral resistance. The hypertensive effect of prostaglandin F 2alpha is, under the circumstances, conditioned by the increased cardiac output and this substance is also instrumental in augmenting the proportion of the blood flow going to the digestive tract, skeletal muscles and, at the same time, in reducing its share flowing to the liver, spleen, skin and the uterus.