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Content of homocarnosine was studied in rat brain departments and blood after hypoxia (9,000 m, 60 min) and hyperoxia (0.3 mPa of oxygen, 60 min) following the hypoxia. In hypoxia content of homocarnosine was unaltered in brain hemispheres and medulla oblongata, it was increased by 41% in midbrain
Content of homocarnosine was studied in brain and blood of 14, 30 and 70 days old rats, mothers of which were subjected to hypoxia, corresponding to the height 9,000 m within 1 hr, during 2 week pregnancy. In 14 days old animals content of homocarnosine was increased by 43% in brain and 2-fold in
1. Carnosine, anserine, and homocarnosine are endogenous dipeptides concentrated in brain and muscle whose biological functions remain in doubt. 2. We have tested the hypothesis that these compounds function as endogenous protective substances against molecular and cellular damage from free