[A comparative analysis of the oxygen-binding and antioxidant properties of the blood of laboratory animals and the muskrat Ondatra zibethica]. / Sravnitel'nyi analiz kislorodsviazyvaiushchikh i antioksidantnykh svoistv krovi laboratornykh zhivotnykh i ondatry Ondatra zibethica.

Close correlation of oxygen-binding properties of haemoglobin and the content of malonyl dialdehyde (MDA) in animal blood plasma was shown. The higher the affinity of haemoglobin to O2, the lower MDA level in the blood plasma. For the muskrat Ondatra zibethica, representing diving animals, MDA content is lower and catalase activity is higher compared with the laboratory rat.