Counteraction of perforated cecum lesions in rats: Effects of pentadecapeptide BPC 157, L-NAME and L-arginine

Figure 5 At 15 min post-injury, oxidative stress in tissue samples was assessed by quantifying thiobarbituric acid reactivity as malondialdehyde equivalents. Administration of medication (/kg, 10 mL/2 min bath/rat) at the perforated (5 mm diameter) cecum lesion and cecum was BPC 157 (10 μg) or a saline bath of equal volume (controls). Minimum ^aP < 0.05 vs control. MDA: Malondialdehyde equivalents.