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Natural metabolite glycine administered per os to rats in the fetus period of pregnancy in a dose of 1 mg/kg was found to exert a corrective action with respect to the toxic effect of ethanol in the mother-fetus system. Glycine prevents loss in the body weight, normalizes functional state of the nervous system and metabolic disorders in the maternal organism, improve the redox processes in the lymphocytes changed under alcoholization, and protect the fetus both on the metabolic and microstructural levels.

The protective effect of the narcoanalgetics, viadril (hydroxydione sodium succinate) and administered intraperitoneally in doses of 5 and 20 mg/kg was studied in the experiment on 146 pregnant noninbred white rats with simulated hemic hypoxia in the late pregnancy (the 19th day). The aforementioned rats were studied for the composition of the peripheral blood, their weight gain oxidative isoenzymes (LDH), pH and pO2 in the blood. Wilson's technique was used for the assessment of the fetal status. The offspring was studied with regard to the weight increment, the rate of postnatal mortality, behavioral reactions, etc. It was stated that viadril strengthened the resistance of pregnant animals to hypoxia and contributed to the alleviation of late sequela of posthypoxic changes in the fetus and newborn.

Hypoxic cycles with a two fold reduction in PO2 levels (down to 51.7, 43.9 and 53.4%), the frequency of 0.63 +/- 0.07, 1.47 +/- 0.14, 1.98 +/- 0.3 per minute, and the duration of 45.4 +/ 2.9, 28.4 +/- 2.3 and 19.8 +/- 1.9 sec., respectively, were recorded during the measurement of oxygen content in the uterine tissue of pregnant (3-5 days) and non-pregnant rats, as well as in tissues of 13-14-day-old rat fetuses. The oxygen content remained unchanged throughout the whole experiment (30 min) in the peristaltic intestinal wall. The hypoxic cycles were assessed as a mechanism of rhythmic periodic stimulation of metabolic reactions directed towards not only the increased resistance to hypoxia but also towards non-specific resistance of uterine fetal tissues and female body in and out of pregnancy.

A perfusion device for life supporting in isolated reproductive organs is described. With the device, the following functions are possible: gas exchange in recirculating blood flow, perfusate replacement in the course of perfusion, blood flow generation in a circular circuit with simultaneous provision of hemodynamic parameters closely approximating native ones.