TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, cilt.38, sa.2, ss.564-567, 2006 (SCI-Expanded)
The high capacity of liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy (PH) is well known. This study investigated the role of the antioxidant defense system in regeneration among Wistar-albino male rats subjected to 70% partial hepatectomy after a pretreatment period of 2 weeks with eicosapentanoic acid (EPA) rich fish oil (FO), first pressed virgin olive oil (00), or vitamin E. The control group of 10 rats underwent PH only. On postoperative day 3, all rats were humanely killed.