Published January 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

131I Rose bengal clearance during hepatic regeneration in rats

  • 1. Madras Fertilizers Ltd. (India)

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Intravenous I131 Rose bengal clearance was conducted in partially hepatectomized rats with a dose of 1 μCi/100 gm body weight. Blood samples were taken at regular intervals upto 25 minutes which were suitably diluted to count the remaining radioactivity. From these values t(1/2) and the clearance constants were worked out upto a period of 120 hr after partial hepatectomy. An analysis of the results show that there is a linear correlation between the Rose bengal clearance and the regenerating hepatic mass which may be used for quantitative assessment of functional hepatic mass. (author)

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Journal Title
Indian J. Physiol. Pharmacol.
Journal Volume
24
Journal Issue
1
Series
Indian J. Physiol. Pharmacol.
Journal Page Range
56-60
ISSN
0019-5499

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