title: In vivo effects of hemin and nitric oxide donors on parameters of heme metabolism in rat liver and serum
abstract: In vivo effects of hemin chloride (15 mg/kg body weight) and donors of nitrogen monoxide (NO) – sodium nitroprusside (SNP, 1 mg/kg) and substrate of NO-synthase L-arginine (L-Arg, 600 mg/kg) on the activity of key enzymes of heme synthesis (5-aminolevulinate synthase, ALAS) and heme degradation (heme oxygenase, HO), on the free heme level in liver and on the content of heme in blood serum of rats were studied. NO donors were administered alone or 30 min before hemin chloride injection. The level
journal: The Journal of V N Karazin Kharkiv National University Series Biology