[Effectiveness and mechanism of action of a new plant complex drug in nonspecific inflammatory processes in the bronchopulmonary system]. / Effektivnost' i mekhanizm deistviia novogo kompleksnogo sredstva rastitel'nogo proiskhozhdeniia pri nespetsificheskikh vospalitel'nykh protsessakh v bronkholegochnoi sisteme.

The elixir Bronchofit is an aqueous-alcoholic extract from 7 kinds of plants. It is a balanced compound, rich in biologically active substances including essential oils and flavonoids, possessing a wide spectrum of pharmacological activity. On the model of frog's palate the elixir enhanced the transport function of the ciliated epithelium. On the model "karragenin edema" bronchofit showed a marked anti-inflammatory activity. A noticeable therapeutic effect was registered in rats with induced bronchopulmonary inflammation. Bronchial secretion contained reduced content of glycosaminoglycans while bronchial lavage did of histamine. Also, bronchofit demonstrated a prominent antioxidative activity, an antibacterial action in relation to Str. pyogenes and Bac. cereus. By a total complex of the activities bronchofit is a promising medicine against bronchopulmonary inflammation.

[The stimulating effect of prolactin on the neurite growth of sensory neurons in an organotypic culture]. / Stimuliruiushchee vliianie prolaktina na rost neiritov chuvstvitel'nykh neironov v organotipicheskoi kul'ture.

Prolactine was found to promote neurite extension in chick embryo dorsal root ganglia in vitro. This hormone was active at the concentration 10-50 ng/ml provided extensive neurite outgrowth in the bioassay, compared to the control. The liquor from patients with prolactinoma was also found to promote neurite extension. This fact may be used for prolactinoma diagnostics.