Effect of enteral oxygen therapy on liver function in acute degeneration

The effect of enteral oxygen therapy was studied in rats with acute degeneration of the liver caused by CCl₄. Intragastric injection of oxygen foam reduced the severity of poisoning and led to more rapid and complete recovery of the intensity of bile secretion, synthesis of primary bile acids, and their conjugation with amino acids, and improved the stabilizing properties of the bile.Department of Pharmacology, Ternopol' Medical Institute. (Presented by Academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR S. V. Anichkov.) Translated from Byulleten' Éksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 84, No. 10, pp. 419–421, October, 1977.