objective: cyclophosphamide (cp) is a chemotherapy drug which causes deleterious effects on testicular tissue and increases free radicals in the body. the aim of this study is to investigate the protective effects of ethyl pyruvate (ep) on testicular improvement in cp treated animals. materials and methods: in this experimental study, 15 male mice (6-8 weeks) were divided into 3 groups. the con...

Retinal pathogenic angiogenesis in the eyes is a causative factor in retinopathy of prematurity, diabetic retinopathy, and age-related macular degeneration. This study was designed to examine the pathogenic role of the high-mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) protein and the inhibitory effect of ethyl pyruvate (EP), a well-known antioxidant substance, in retinal pathogenic angiogenesis in mice with ox...

This study was performed to investigate the effect of ethyl pyruvate on changes in renal functions and oxidative stress related renal injury caused by cisplatin (cis-dichlorodiammine platinum-II; CDDP). Male Wistar albino rats were divided into four groups (n = 8): (1) control group (1 ml Ringer's lactate solution i.p.); (2) ethyl pyruvate (EP) group (50 mg/kg Ringer's EP solution (REPS) i.p.);...

Pyruvate is an endogenous antioxidant substance. The aim of this study was to investigate the protective effects of ethyl pyruvate (EP) on retinal vascular injury in diabetic retinopathy. To investigate the protective effect of EP on vascular cell apoptosis and blood-retinal barrier (BRB) breakage, we have used intravitreally methylglyoxal-(MGO-) injected rat eyes. Apoptosis of the retinal vasc...

BACKGROUND Ethyl pyruvate (EP) is a derivative of pyruvic acid that has been demonstrated to be a potential scavenger of reactive oxygen species as well as an anti-inflammatory agent. In this study, we investigated the protective effects of EP and its role in regulating the energy metabolism in the livers of cecal-ligation-and-puncture-induced septic mice. METHODS The animals were treated int...

Ethyl pyruvate (EP), a derivative of pyruvic acid, is known to have protective effects against ischemic cardiomyopathy and other disorders. However, little is known about its role in Adriamycin (ADR)-induced cardiomyopathy. The present study was designed to investigate the impact of EP on ADR-induced cardiomyopathy in an animal model. Sixty male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were divided into four g...

Enzyme I of the bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate: sugar phosphotransferase system catalyzes phosphoryl transfer from phosphoenolpyruvate to the heat-stable phosphoryl carrier protein, HPr. Enzyme I also catalyzes a rapid phosphoryl exchange reaction in which the phosphoryl moiety of phosphoenolpyruvate is transferred to pyruvate. Additionally, Enzyme I plus HPr catalyze the slow hydrolysis of pho...

Ethyl pyruvate (EP) on reacting with malononitrile or isothiocyanates gives the pyridine derivati ves 5 and 9a , b , respecti vely. Chalcone deri vati ve of EP reacts with malononitrile to yield the pyran derivative which in turn IS transformed into pyridine derivative 14. Reactivity of 5 and 9a towards di fferent organic reagents has been investigated . Antimicrobial activity of some newly syn...