Abstract

Purpose of the study. To study the effect of hepatoprotective drug Remaxol on morphology of the liver and pancreas as well as on biochemical indices of blood serum in rats with alcohol damage. Material and methods. The study was carried out on sexually mature male white laboratory rats divided into three groups: 1st control group – intact animals (2 rats); 2nd – experimental animals (5 rats), on which acute pancreatitis on the background of alcohol poisoning was modeled by daily administration of 40% aqueous ethanol solution at a dose of 5 mg/kg weight for 7 days without treatment; 3rd – experimental group (5 rats) with alcohol exposure and with administration of Remaxol at a dose of 5 mg/kg weight daily for another 7 days. Morphological study of the liver, its macrostructure was carried out, diameters of hepatocytes and pancreatic acinuses in animals of experimental and control groups were measured, biochemical parameters were estimated. Results. Blood tests indicate acute alcohol poisoning in the experimental groups; short-term (7 days) alcohol damage has less effect on the size of hepatocytes than on the size of pancreatic acini; pancreatic acini were more reactive to the toxic effect of alcohol; against the background of insignificant morphometric differences, the morphological signs of cells and organs changed; in the liver and pancreas there were signs of inflammatory (swelling of cells in the liver and pancreas). Conclusion. Histological picture of the liver and pancreas of animals with acute alcohol damage against the background of Remaxol treatment showed a decrease in the toxic effect of 40% alcohol on hepatocytes and pancreatocytes, normalization of their morphological parameters.

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