Biochemical studies on some recently developed plasma volume expanders in rats

ABSTRACT

Evaluation studies on two different preparations of hydroxyethyl starch; namely, hespan and pentaspan were carried out after single and repeated i.v. infusion in rats. These studies included the following determination Blood glucose, serum alpha-amylase, total protein, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis [PAGE]. In all cases, the results of the tests were favorable and no untoward reactions which may be attributed to the infusion fluid have been observed. All parameters were normalized