Effect of helium–neon laser irradiation on serum lipid peroxide concentrations in burnt mice

✍ Scribed by Dahong Zhang; Tingren Chen; Channian Wang; Shimin Wu; Chengli Fu

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 388 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0196-8092
• DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1900120211

✦ Synopsis

The effect of helium-neon irradiation on serum lipid peroxide concentrations in mice following 6-7% body surface area burns was investigated in a controlled study. Immediately following injury by an 8-sec 100°C scalding, 25 mice were irradiated by a helium-neon laser at 0.05 Jkm'. A control group of the same size underwent identical treatment but received only sham irradiation. Serum lipid peroxide concentrations increased markedly in the control group at 0.5-4 h (P < 0.0001, two sample t-test). In the laser treated group, the lipid peroxide concentrations remained relatively constant and were significantly depressed relative to the control group 4 h following burning (P < 0.0001, two-sample t-test).