Structure insights into selective coupling of G protein subtypes by a class B G protein-coupled receptor
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Main methods Assessment included magnesium sulfate (560 mg/kg intraperitoneally)-induced muscle weakness, muscle and brain lesions, hypermagnesemia, hyperkalaemia, increased serum enzyme values assessed in rats during and at the end of a 30-min period and medication (given intraperitoneally/kg at 15 min before magnesium) [BPC 157 (10 g, 10 ng), l-NAME (5 mg), l-arginine (100 mg), alone and/or together]
2022 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.320969 PMID: 34380875 Read on PubMed Biomedicines Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 and Striated, Smooth, and Heart Muscle Staresinic M, Japjec M, Vranes H, et al