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The study was made of the effects of low production of glucoorticoids and subsequent replacement with these hormones on healing of hemorrhagic erosions of rat gastric mucosa emerging 4 hours after administration of indomethacin (25 mg/kg percutaneously). Corticosteroid deficiency was produced by adrenalectomy or blocking function of the hypothalamo-hypophyseo-adrenocortical system by introduction of supraphysiological dose of hydrocortisone i week before indomethacin administration. Replacement therapy was conducted 4 hours after indomethacine administration by subcutaneous injection of corticosterone in a dose of 4 mg/kg. Healing was evaluated by changes in the area of damaged surface of gastric mucosa for 2 days after indomethacin administration. Plasma levels of corticosteroids were controlled. It was found that animals with corticosteroid deficiency had a larger area of mucosal lesion and slow healing vs control rats. Administration of corticosterone in physiological dose to animals with deficient production of corticosteroids stimulated healing of gastric mucosa erosions.

It has been established in rat experiments that toxicity of the antibacterial drug dioxydin (1,4-di-N-oxide 2,3-dioxymethylquinoxaline) depends on the time of administration. The drug exhibits the minimal and maximal toxicity upon administration at 8 o'clock p.m. and at 12 o'clock, respectively.

Experiments on rats dogs and monkeys demonstrated a high prognostic value of the direct adrenocortical activity index--the level of glucocorticoids in the blood (the accuracy of prognosis was 80-85%). The employment of overall comprehensive evaluation of the endocrine status for a number of indices to predict individual radiosensitivity was shown to hold promise.