| Literature DB >> 7280691 |
S Szabo, J S Trier, P W Frankel.
Abstract
Ethanol induces hemorrhagic gastric erosions and causes a dose-dependent decrease in the concentration of nonprotein sulfhydryl compounds in rat gastric mucosa. Sulfhydryl-containing drugs protect rats from ethanol-induced gastric erosions, whereas sulfhydryl blocking agents counteract the mucosal cytoprotective effect of prostaglandin F2 beta. These observations suggest that endogenous nonprotein sulfhydryls may mediate prostaglandin-induced gastric cytoprotection and that sulfhydryl drugs may have potential for preventing or treating hemorrhagic gastric erosions.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 7280691 DOI: 10.1126/science.7280691
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728