[Effect of a highly dispersed copper powder on superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase activities in experimental myocardial infarct].

Administration of highly dispersed copper powder in a dose 0.2 mg/kg three days before modelled coronary-occlusion myocardial infarction caused transitory increase in activity of antioxidant enzymes--superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase in the necrotic zone of myocardium of rats, and also staunch increase in the activity of these enzymes in noninfarction region.