[Hormonal and metabolic effects of drinking mineral water and phytoaeronisation in experimental prostatitis]. / Gormonal'nye i metabolicheskie éffekty pit'evoi mineral'noi vody i fitoaeronizatsii pri eksperimental'nom prostatite.

Prostatitis modelled in 53 Wistar male rats (300-350 body mass) 7 days after its induction was treated with mineral water "Essentuki N 17" (MW) which was taken in a dose 1.5-2 ml per 100 g body mass for 23-24 days. In addition, some animals received phytoaeroionisation (PAI) with solution of essential oils of mint, sage and lavender. Prostatitis is associated with disorders in prostatic tissue, levels of sex hormones (testosterone, prolactin, FSH, LH), a rise in total cholesterol, glucose. Watering of animals with MW and PAI raised blood insulin, hydrocortisone and testosterone, normalized blood glucose and cholesterol. There was a correlation between blood levels of hydrocortisone and testosterone.

[Effect of hydrocortisone on protein metabolism in skeletal muscles]. / Deistvie gidokortizona na metabolizm belkov v skeletnykh myshtsakh.

Using a radioindicator method the authors studied the effects of hydrocortisone on the synthesis and breakdown of sarcoplasmic and myofibrillar proteins in white (m. extensor digitorum longus) and red (m. soleus) functioning and idle skeletal muscles of rats. It was found that in addition to the catabolic effects, i.e. inhibition of the protein synthesis and/or stimulation of their breakdown the hormone also exhibited an "anticatabolic" effect that manifested itself in an inhibition of the protein breakdown. This effect was observed in all the cases (except the white functioning muscle) simultaneously with the protein synthesis inhibition, thus counteracting to this or that degree the development of atrophic reactions in the muscles.