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| Moraes,Natália Valadares de; Bergamaschi,Mateus Machado; Bianchi,Maria de Lourdes Pires; Bragheto,Juliana Bordinassi; Malfará,Wilson Roberto; Queiroz,Regina Helena Costa. |
| Dapsone use is frequently associated to hematological side effects such as methemoglobinemia and hemolytic anemia, which are related to N-hydroxylation mediated by the P450 enzyme system. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of L-arginine supplementation, a precursor for the synthesis of nitric oxide, as single or multiple dose regimens on dapsone-induced methemoglobinemia. Male Wistar rats were treated with L-arginine at 5, 15, 30, 60 and 180 mg/kg doses (p.o., gavage) in single or multiple dose regimens 2 hours prior to dapsone administration (40 mg/kg, i.p.). The effect of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor L-NAME was investigated by treatment with multiple doses of 30 mg/kg (p.o., gavage) 2 hours before dapsone administration.... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Dapsone; Methemoglobinemia; L-arginine; Nitric oxide; L-NAME. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502012000100010 |
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