Nitecapone is a short-acting inhibitor of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT). Nitecapone displays in vivo activity in peripheral tissues, but does not pentrate the blood brain barrier. The compound increases mechanical and thermal nociception, and reduces neuropathic pain in diabetic rats and in a spinal nerve ligation model.
Nitecapone is an antioxidant molecule which has been shown to protect the heart against ischemia-reperfusion injury. We investigated whether a similar effect could be detected on lung graft preservation in a porcine model of single lung transplantation. Donors received either
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology, 31(4), 334-338 (1996-04-01)
The aims of the present study were to assess the usefulness of the Helicobacter felis mouse model in the evaluation of antimicrobial therapies and the effect of Helicobacter infection on gastric mucosal prostaglandin E2 release. Barrier-maintained BALB/c mice were infected
To study the effect of nitecapone, a novel antioxidant, on cardiac neutrophil activation during cardiopulmonary bypass in patients. In a double-blind, placebo controlled trial, 30 male patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting were randomly assigned to control (crystalloid cardioplegia, n
The enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), which plays an important role for dopamine metabolism, is abundantly expressed in the kidney. To test whether the natriuretic effects of dopamine may be related to the rate of dopamine metabolism, rats were treated with nitecapone
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 38(10), 1568-1574 (1997-10-23)
Graphical methods to analyze tracer time-course data allow reliable quantitation of the rate of incorporation of tracer from plasma into a "trapped" kinetic component, even when the details of the kinetic model are unknown. Applications of the method over long
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