A comparison of the effect of nitroparacetamol and paracetamol on liver injury

British Journal of Pharmacology - Tập 132 Số 1 - Trang 10-12 - 2001
L E Futter1, O A Al‐Swayeh2, Philip K. Moore1
1Messengers & Signalling Research Group, Cardiovascular Research Centre, School of Biomedical Sciences, King's College London, Hodgkin Building, Guy's Campus, London SE1 9RT
2Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudia Arabia

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Paracetamol (5 mmol kg−1, i.p.) caused liver damage in rats as indicated by increased plasma aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) activities. No change in plasma bilirubin or creatinine was noted. An equimolar dose of nitroparacetamol (a nitric oxide (NO)‐releasing derivative of paracetamol) did not alter plasma levels of any of the markers of liver/kidney damage. No difference in plasma or liver paracetamol was apparent in animals injected with paracetamol or nitroparacetamol. These results indicate that NO released from nitroparacetamol exhibits hepatoprotective activity in these animals and suggest that nitroparacetamol may therefore be considered as a safer alternative to paracetamol in the clinic.British Journal of Pharmacology (2001) 132, 10–12; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0703837

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British Journal of Pharmacology

Tập 132 Số 1

10-12

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