STUDIES ON OROTIC ACID : (V) EFFECT OF OROTIC ACID ON PLASMA PROTEINS IN OPERATIVE STRESS

Abstract

In the protein depleted rats, plasma total protein and albumin were decreased remarkably by the operative stress, but by the administration of orotic acid the postoperative decrease of them was improved and the postoperative increase of α- and β- globulin was supressed. These disturbances were improved more evidently dy the addition of orotic acid to all amino acids than the latter only.