Cod muscles extract shown to decrease mortality in the mouse model, .

Posted On: May 11, 2009

Treatment of cancer patients with anthracycline antibiotic doxorubicin (DOX) may be complicated by development of acute and chronic congestive heart failure (CHF), malignant arrhythmias and death. The aim of this study was to test whether an aqueous low molecular weight (LMW) extract from cod muscle decreases acute mortality in the mouse model of acute CHF caused by DOX. This effect may be mediated by cardioprotection through antioxidative mechanisms

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