[Lipid peroxidation, peroxyl radical-scavenging system of plasma and liver and heart pathology in adolescence heroin users].

Chronic opiate intoxication has been shown to cause various pathologic changes in the liver almost in 100% of cases. Earlier it has been demonstrated that acute or chronic morphine intoxication evokes activation of lipid peroxidation in the liver, heart, and brain cells. The aim of the present work was to assess parameters reflecting cytolysis in the liver and heart, and the plasma content of factors contributing to the peroxyl...