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We studied the possibility of using prooxidant effects of nitrofurantoin (furadonin) for stimulation of the natural antioxidant systems for preventing myocardial damage after coronary occlusion. A pronounced cardioprotective effect of the drug was observed.
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Novikov, O.O., Pokrovskii, M.V. & Konovalenko, A.B. Prooxidant Effects of Nitrofurantoin. Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine 134, 148–150 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021132230557
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