[Effectiveness of synthetic antioxidants in treatment of patients with peptic ulcer (an open randomized controlled trial)].

Two randomized groups of ulcer patients were compared. 102 patients of group 1 were treated with synthetic antioxidants (dibunol, probucol, emoxipine), while 100 patients of group 2 received a conventional treatment. Treatment results in group 1 appeared better: shortening of ulcer scarring, higher percentage of ulcer healing for 2 and 4 weeks, fall in the number of relapses during the first year of the follow-up, improvement in lipid peroxidation and antioxidant activity.

[Reparative characteristics of gastric and duodenal mucosa in ulcer].

Mucosal repair in the stomach and duodenum was assessed clinically and morphologically in various ulcer phases in 475 patients with gastroduodenal ulcer. It was found that poorly scarring ulcers are characterized by severe impairment of regeneration with epithelial proliferation prevailing over its differentiation. Participation of immune system, primarily T-cell component, in regeneration regulation is shown.

[The effect of head-down tilt bed rest on metabolism of erythrocytes and functional state of membranes in females].

Metabolism of erythrocytes and the structural/functional state of membranes were studied in females in the 120-day head-down bed rest and the subsequent period of recovery. As was stated, prolonged bed rest and early recovery cause shifts in the metabolic and structural parameters of erythrocytes and ensuing degradation of the functional state of erythrocytes, i.e.

[The dose-dependent effects of a combination of different classes of antioxidants exemplified by dibunol and beta-carotene].

In order to enhance antioxidant protection of the organism in various pathological states, effective combinations of antioxidants have been developed that interact with various types of free radicals. On two experimental models,--acute alcohol intoxication and calcium chloride arrhythmia of rats, the prophylactic activity of antioxidant combinations was established for certain doses, rather then for monotherapy. The possibility of obtaining high protective effects at relatively low concentrations of the components in the complex preparation was shown.