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Acute Pancreatitis
New research on acute pancreatitis from University of Szeged summarized
August 20th, 2008
According to recent research published in the journal Critical Care Medicine, "Intraperitoneal administration of large doses of L-arginine is known to induce severe acute pancreatitis in rats. We therefore set out to determine whether metabolites of L-arginine (L-ornithine, L-citrulline, and nitric oxide) cause pancreatitis." "The authors conducted an in vivo animal study. This study was conducted at a university research laboratory. Study subjects were male Wistar rats. Dose-response and time course changes of laboratory and histologic parameters of pancreatitis were determined after L-arginine, L-ornithine, L-citrulline, or sodium nitroprusside (nitric oxide...
Source: Fitness & Wellness Business Week (2008-08-20)
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