This study demonstrates that the anesthetic propofol increases one of the most important mechanisms against cellular damage, the glutathione system. The study was performed in several tissues of healthy rats. This could be applied as a possible protection in surgical patients suffering from an ischemic process (cerebrovascular disease, coronary ischemia, etc.).
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