Capsaicin pretreatment protects free radical induced rat lung damage on exposure to gaseous chemical lung irritants

1 January 1989

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Phytotherapy Research

Vol. 3 (4) , 159-161
https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.2650030411

Abstract

Pretreatment with capsaicin tends to normalize pulmonary lipid peroxidation changes induced by exposure to sulfur dioxide, formalin or nitrogen dioxide gases. This protective effect of capsaicin pretreatment appears to be due to the stabilization of the rat lung membrane lipid system.

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