Author:
A.V. Schulkin
Author:
A.V. Schulkin
Place of publication:
Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry, 12, 2018, Issue. 2
Summary:
in the viewing article, a modern concept of mechanisms of antioxidant and antihypoxic effects of the original domestic drug Mexidol (2-ethyl-6-methyl-3-hydroxypirinate) is presented. The direct antioxidant activity of Mexidol is described, which consists in the ability of the drug to inactivate free radicals and increase the activity of antioxidant enzymes of glutathioneperoxidase and in vitro superoxidism. The data on the presence of an indirect antioxidant activity in the Mexidol, manifested in an increase in expression in conditions of ischemia of the transcription factor NRF2, which is responsible for the development of cell stability to oxidative stress. The anti -human action of Mexidol is discussed, due to the presence of amber acid in its molecule, which, on the one hand, maintains the operation of the serpentinexidate link in the Krebs cycle under conditions of oxygen, and on the other hand, is associated with its specific receptors (GPR91) and triggers a cascade of biochemical reactions that increase the resistance of the resistance organism to a lack of oxygen. Keywords: Mexidol, ethylmethylhydroxypirinate, antioxidant, antihypoxant.
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