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Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2009 Oct 27;167(1):96–112. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.10.006

Table 3.

List of Antioxidants Treatments with beneficial effects in liver ischemia/reperfusion injury.

List of Antioxidant Treatments With Beneficial Effects in Liver Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
Antioxidant Category Species Injury Type Mode of Adm A Dose Main Protective Effect Author
α-Tocopherol Vitamin-diet Rat WIB Im 30 and 300 mg/kg Survival, histology Giacoustidis[39]
α-Tocopherol Vitamin-diet Rat CIC/WIB iv 50 IU/Kg Histology Gondolesi[42]
α-Tocopherol/Ascorbate Vitamins-diet Clinical WIB iv 2 mg/1,000 mg Better PT ↓Postop. complications Cerwenka[15]
Ascorbate Vitamin-diet Rat WIB iv 30 and 100 mg/kg ↓Lipid peroxidation Seo[153]
Coenzyme Q/Pentoxyfylline In vivo LMMD agent Rat WIB in/ip 10 mg/kg/50 mg/kg ↓Lipid peroxidation Portakal[139]
Idebenone Coenzyme Q derivative Pig CIC ↑GSH levels Schutz[151]
Lipoic acid In vivo LMM D agent Rat CIC iv 500μM Histology Muller[117]
Deferrioxamine Iron chelator Dog CIC/WIB iv 20 mg/kg ↓AST activity Park[131]
Trimetazidine Metal chelator Rat WIB iv/ip 2.5 mg/kg Histology Tsimoyiannis[163]
Quercetin Plant phenol Rat WIB po 0.13 mmol/kg ↓ALT, AST Su[158]
Cyanidin Plant phenol Rat WIB po 0.9 mmol/kg ↓Lipid peroxidation Tsuda[164]
Green Tea Extracts Plant extracts (catechines) Rat WIB po 0.1% Histology Zhong[182]
Magnifera indica Plant extract Rat WI B po 250 mg/kg ↓AST, ALT ↓ Lipid peroxidation Sanchez[146]
GSH In vivo LMM D agent Rat WIB iv 100μM/h/kg ↓ALT↑ Survival Schauer[149]
GSH In vivo LMM D agent Rat CIC/WIB iv 100μM/h/kg ↓ ALT↑ Bile flow Schauer[150]
N-acetylcysteine Thiol compound GSH precursor Rabbit WIB iv 150 mg/kg ↓ ALT↑ Microcirculation Glantzounis[40]
N-acetylcysteine/Melatonin Thiol compound Rat WIB ip 150 mg/kg/10 mg/kg ↓ AST, ALT↓ Lipid peroxidation Sener[152]
N-acetylcysteine Thiol compound Clinical CIC/WIB iv ↓ ICAM,E↓ α-GSTF Weigand[175]
Bucillamine Thiol compound Rat CIC/WIB iv Survival Amersi[2]
SOD derivatives Intracellular enzyme Rat WIB iv 5,000 IU/Kg ↓Lipid peroxidation Nguyen[121]
CAT derivatives Intracellular enzyme Rat WIB iv 0.1 mg/kg ↓ ALT, AST Yabe[178]
Allopurinol XOG Inhibitor Rat WIB ip 50 mg/kg ↓ AST Jeon[71]
Aminoguanidine iNOS inhibitor Pig CIC/WIB iv 10 mg/kg Survival, histology Kimura[78]
A

Adm., administration;

B

WI, warm ischemia;

C

CI, cold ischemia;

D

LMM, low molecular molecule;

E

ICAM-1, intercellular adhesion molecule-1;

F

α-GST, α-glutathione S-transferase;

G

XO, xanthine oxidase;

Reprinted with permission from Glantzounis GK, Salacinski HJ, Yang W, Davidson BR, Seifalian AM. [40]