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The endogenous free radical clearing agent SOD andblood CAT in the blood and urine of 2 groups of pro-lapse of intervertebral disc and cervical spondylopathywere all lower than that of the healthy control group,while the—SH reflecting the metabolic disturbance offree radical was higher,After massotherapy,bloodSOD,CAT were increased,while LPO,—SH in urinewere all decreased,demonstrating that there is a dis-tinct parallel relationship existing in the changes ofthese enzyme in blood and urine.
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Basing on the previous report, experiments proved that chlorpro-mazine decresed DOPA formation in superior cervical ganglion ( SCG ) for 50%, and formation from PDB for 60%. The work ruled out the possibilities of decrease of DOPA synthesis from the effect on N-or M-cholinergic receptor or from the influence on DOPA decarboxylase activity. So the decrease of DOPA formation was due to inhibition of protein kinase C blocking phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase.
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Experiments were carried out to investigate the effect of garlic, both fresh and old, on hypercholesterolemia. Forty healthy rabbits were equally divided into four groups, namely control, cholesterol, fresh garlic and old garlic. Except the control group, each rabbit in the other three groups was given 0.5g of cholesterol every day. The rabbits of fresh and old garlic groups were fed in addition respectively with fresh garlic, and garlic that had been stored for seven months, the doses being 2g for each. The results showed that fresh garlic had a significant effect of reducing diet-induced hypercholesterolemia and diminishing arteriosclerotic changes in aorta, but old garlic failed to show such effects.During the 50-day period when rabbits were fed with fresh or old garlic no toxic reaction was observed.