Lidocaine: a hydroxyl radical scavenger
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Kumuda C. Das; Hara P. Misra
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Article
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1992
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Springer
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English
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Lidocaine, a local anaesthetic, has been shown to reduce ventricular arrhythmias associated with myocardial infarction and ischemic myocardial injury and its protective effects has been attributed to its membrane stabilizing properties. Since oxygen radicals are known to be produced during ischemia