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Gora Dadheech Sandhya Mishra Shiv Gautam Praveen Sharma 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2006,21(2):34-38
A disturbance in the antioxidant defense system including α-tocopherol, ascorbic acid and reduced glutahtione metabolism due
to free radical induced oxidative injury has been implicated in various neuro-psychiatric disorders. The roles of these antioxidants,
changes in their blood levels and correlation with oxidative stress were studied in a common psychiatric illness Schizophrenia.
Fifty-eight subjects of either sex ranging in age from 18–60 years divided into two age groups (≤40 and >40 years) diagnosed
for schizophrenia, and forty age and sex-matched normal subjects as controls were included in the study. Blood samples were
analyzed for malondialdehyde (MDA), α-tocopherol, total ascorbic acid (TAA), dehydro ascorbic acid (DHAA), reduced ascorbic
acid (RAA), leucocyte ascorbic acid (LAA) and reduced glutathione (GSH). A decrease in the levels of α-tocopherol, total ascorbic
acid and reduced glutathione was found in schizophrenics compared to normal controls. Further a significant rise in oxidative
stress and decreased antioxidant status was observed in the chronic stage of schizophrenia as compared to those in acute condition.
A significant rise in dehydroascorbic acid with concomitant fall in reduced ascorbic acid suggests scavenging action of ascorbic
acid and its utilization with increased oxidative stress as indicated by high blood malondialdehyde levels. Leucocyte ascorbic
acid, a better index of ascorbic acid status was also found to be reduced in schizophrenics, suggesting depletion of body
stores of ascorbic acid and the condition worsened with advancing age. 相似文献
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Vasavidevi V. Bet Kishor H. Deshpande Adinath N. Suryakar Rajesh D. Ankush Raghavendra V. Katkam 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2006,21(2):177-180
Crystal aggregation and retention are critical events for the formation of kidney stones. There is a close association between
crystal development and free radical activity in vivo. In the present study 30 subjects presenting with urolithiasis were
included. Serum levels of total lipid peroxides, nitric oxide (as nitrite), α-tocopherol, plasma ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
and erythrocyte superoxide dismutase activity were measured. These findings were compared with 30 age matched control subjects
irrespective of sex. Student's ‘t’ test was applied for statistical analysis. There was a significant increase in lipid peroxides
(p<0.001), where as significant decrease in nitrite (p<0.01) and α-tocopherol (p<0.001) levels were observed. Plasma ascorbate
(p>0.05) and erythrocyte superoxide dismutase activity (p>0.05) was also found to be decreased but the difference was not
statistically significant which suggests that oxidative stress is evident in urolithiasis with depletion in antioxidant status
where as decrease in nitric oxide may be less abetting in disease condition. 相似文献
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Chitra Upadhyaya Sandhya Mishra P. P. Singh Praveen Sharma 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2005,20(1):30-34
Serum antioxidant status and peroxidative stress was estimated in 30 pregnant women, their newborn infants and 25 non-pregnant
women. Serum Ascorbic acid, α-tocopherol, retinol & β-carotene levels were found to be significantly reduced and peroxidative
stress was significantly higher in mothers as compared to matched non-pregnant women. Newborn had significantly higher levels
of ascorbic acid as compared to their mother but had significantly lower levels of lipid soluble vitamins. The peroxidative
stress in newborn was found to be significantly less as compared to their mothers. A positive correlation of ascorbic acid
and α-tocopherol levels between mother and newborn reflects that their status in mother does influence the newborn status. 相似文献
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Santoshi R. Ghodake A. N. Suryakar R. D. Ankush K. Shaikh A. V. Katta 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2010,25(1):82-85
Nephrotic syndrome is the common chronic disorder characterized by alteration of permeability of the glomerular capillary
wall, resulting in its inability to restrict the urinary loss of proteins. Nephrotic syndrome is characterized by heavy proteinuria,
hypoalbuminemia, hyperlipidemia associated with peripheral edema. The molecular basis of glomerular permselectivity remains
largely unknown. In recent years it has been proposed that Nephrotic syndrome is a consequence of an imbalance between oxidant
and antioxidant activity. The present study was aimed to test that the reactive oxygen species are the mediators of excessive
protein permeability and other complications of Nephrotic syndrome. For this 30 adults with Nephrotic syndrome were studied.
The control group comprised 30 healthy adults matched for age. Serum levels of lipid peroxides, nitric oxide (NO⊙), α- tocopherol,
ascorbic acid, erythrocyte superoxide dismutase activity, serum albumin, uric acid, cholesterol and plasma total antioxidant
capacity were measured. Student’s ‘t’ test was applied for statistical analysis. There was a significant increase in lipid
peroxide (1.58 ± 0.42 in controls, 3.64 ±1.3 in patients) (P<0.001) levels in study group as compared with controls. α-tocopherol
(12.95 ± 1.04 in controls, 9.93 ± 1.43 in patients) (P<0.001), erythrocyte SOD activity(1.88 ± 0.9 in controls 1.07 ± 0.5
in patients) (P=0.01), serum albumin(4.06 ± 0.50 in controls, 3.04 ± 0.11 in patients) (P<0.001), and plasma total antioxidant
capacity (847.33 ± 126.83 in controls, 684.00±102.94 in patients) (P<0.001) were significantly decreased. There was non-significant
increase in uric acid (P>0.05), a non-significant decrease in NO⊙ (38.48 ± 15.47 in controls 37.47 ± 14.27 in patients) (P>0.05)
and ascorbic acid levels ascorbic acid,( 0.95 ± 0.31in controls 0.79 ± 0.30 in patients) (P>0.05) in study group as compared
with controls. Imbalance between oxidants and antioxidants may contribute to pathogenesis of proteinuria and related complications
in nephrotic syndrome. 相似文献
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G. N. Raval L. J. Parekh D. D. Patel F. P. Jha R. N. Sainger P. S. Patel 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2004,19(2):60-71
Sialic acid, the end moieties of the carbohydrate chains are biologically important and essential for functions of glycoconjugates
and are reported to be altered in cancer patients. Two hundred and twenty five breast cancer (BC) patients, 100 patients with
benign breast disease (BBD) and 100 healthy females (controls) were enrolled for the study. Eight hundred and twenty four
follow-up samples of 225 breast carcinoma patients were also evaluated. The association of sialic acid forms, sialyltransferase
and α-2–6 sialoproteins levels with presence and extent as well as prognosis of breast carcinoma was studied. Serum sialic
acid forms and sialyltransferase revealed significantly elevated levels among untreated breast cancer patients as compared
to the controls, patients with BBD as well as cancer patients in remission. Non-responders showed comparable levels of the
markers with those found in breast cancer patients at the time of diagnosis. Higher levels of sialic acid forms at diagnosis
were associated with poor prognosis. A positive correlation between serum levels of different forms of sialic acids and extent
of malignant disease was observed. The changes in serum proteins with terminal α-2–6 sialic acid correlated well with alterations
in the levels of sialic acid forms and sialyltransferase. Malignant tissues showed elevated levels of sialic acid and sialyltransferase
as compared to surrounding normal tissues.
The results suggested potential utility of these markers in evaluation of clinical outcome. 相似文献
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Chemoprevention represents a new intervention strategy to control some type of carcinogenesis especially in subjects at high
risk for cancer development. Experimental and epidemiological data indicate that a variety of nutritional factors including
vitamin C and E are effective to lower the risk of some types of cancer. However large prospective studies have failed to
find such significant association. A comparative and combined in vitro antimutagenic potential of two antioxidant vitamins
ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and α-tocopherol (vitamin E) were evaluated using Ame’s Salmonella typhimurium test assay. Directly
acting mutagens such as sodium azide (NaN3) and 4-Nitro-o-phenylenediamine (NPDA), and N-methyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) were used to induce mutation in salmonella strains
TA 98 and TA 100. Vitamin C significantly (P < 0.01) and dose dependently inhibited the mutagenicity induced by all the three mutagens. The percent inhibitions of vitamin
C at 15 mg/plate were 33.8% (NaN3), 52.5 % (MNNG) and 55.4 % (NPDA). Vitamin E (15 mg/plate) was effective to inhibit mutagenicity induced by NaN3 and MNNG
but did not inhibit mutation induced by NPDA. Combination of vitamins (vitamin C plus vitamin E) produced only an additive
antimutagenic activity when compared to their activity at 5 mg/plate. The results of the study concluded that vitamin C is
a better antimutagenic agent than vitamin E and combination of vitamins did not produce any synergistic activity. 相似文献
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Sabitha Suneetha Shruti Mohanty Pragna Rao 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2009,24(3):266-268
Breast cancer is a hormone dependent neoplasm. Conflicting results regarding the clinical correlation between breast cancer
and thyroid diseases have been reported. The objective of this study was to determine the association of anti — TPO levels
in patients having complaints of a lump in breast. Serum samples and Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) samples were collected
from 31 female patients with a lump in breast between the age group of 20–75 years. 31 age matched normal healthy controls
were also examined for the same parameters. Serum samples were analyzed for its anti — TPO levels. FNAC reports confirmed
patients as having duct cell carcinoma. They had raised serum anti — TPO levels compared to controls. FNAC results of others
(n=26) were reported as fibroadenoma whose anti — TPO levels were less than the controls. 相似文献
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Ritesh Gupta H. Krishna Prasad Kalpana M. Nagarkar A. B. Dey 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2000,15(1):40-43
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several non-infectious and infectious diseases
including tuberculosis. In a prospective longitudinal study, TNF-α level in blood was estimated by sandwich ELISA using anti
human TNF-α antibody, in 22 patients with active pleuro-pulmonary and lymphnode tuberculosis before and after chemotherapy
and 8 healthy controls. Six patients and six controls had detectable levels (> 5 pg/ml) of TNF-α in blood. The mean TNF-α
levels in controls and cases before and after treatment were 182.4pg/ml, 896.7 pg/ml and 678.7pg/ml pg/ml respectively. Though
not statistically significant, there was a trend towards younger age, shorter duration of symptoms, presence of fever and
anorexia, and high ESR, in patient with high serum TNF-α levels. 相似文献
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A. K. Sayyed K. H. Despande A. N. Suryakar R. D. Ankush R. V. Katkam 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2008,23(4):375-377
The present study was undertaken to evaluate the levels of serum lipid peroxide, nitric oxide end poducts, erythrocytic superoxide
dismutase activity and serum α
1-antitrypsin in smokers. Total 90 active cigarette smokers were subdivided into Group I (subjects with smoking habit of less
than 10 cigarettes per day) and Group II (with smoking habit of more than 10 cigarettes per day). In both groups lipid peroxide
and nitric oxide end products were significantly increased with significantly decrease in erythrocytic superoxide dismutase
activity and serum α
1-antitrypsin as compared to controls. Our findings show enhanced oxidative stress and reduced α
1-antitrypsin in cigarette smokers. Further increase in number of cigarettes per day exacerbates the oxidative stress with
decrease in α
1-antitrypsin. 相似文献
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Jafar T Agrawal S Mahdi AA Sharma RK Awasthi S Agarwal GG 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2011,26(3):296-302
The pathogenesis of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is not completely understood. We postulate that cytokine gene polymorphisms
may influence susceptibility or clinical course in Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome. Polymorphisms of IL-4, IL-6, and TNF-α cytokines
were investigated in 150 children with Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome and 569 healthy controls by using polymerase chain reaction
and restriction fragment length polymorphism. On comparing patient with controls strong association were found for IL-6, TNF-α
and IL-4 at allelic level (IL-6-G174C (G vs. C): P = <0.001; OR = 6.33, TNF-α-G308A (G vs. A): P = <0.001; OR = 1.99, IL-4-C590T (C vs. T): P = 0.048; OR = 1.38). Further when SR group was compared with SS group significant association was found at genotypic level
in all the studied genetic polymorphisms. Studied cytokine gene polymorphisms may influence susceptibility to idiopathic nephrotic
syndrome and might affect steroid response in INS patients. 相似文献
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Bincy Verghese Sonu Bhatnagar Ramchander Tanwar Jayashree Bhattacharjee 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2011,26(4):373-377
Psoriasis is chronic autoimmune hyperproliferative skin disease with a population prevalence of 1.5–3%. The cause of psoriasis
is still not fully understood. It has been hypothesized to be an immune-mediated disorder in which the excessive reproduction
of keratinocytes is due to cytokines such as interferon (IFN)-gamma and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, secreted by infiltrating
CD4+ and CD8+ T cells and natural killer cells. The aim of our study was to determine the serum levels of TNF-α, IL-4, IL-6 & IL-10 in
psoriasis patients and compare it with healthy controls. 30 clinically diagnosed psoriasis patients and 30 age and sex matched
healthy controls were included in the study. The serum cytokine levels were measured by solid phase sandwich ELISA (DIACLONE
Research, France). TNF-α and IL-6 levels were significantly raised in patients and the results were statistically significant
(P < 0.001). IL-4 levels were higher in patients than in controls (1.91 ± 4.7 pg/ml in cases & 0.9 ± 0.3 pg/ml in controls)
but were not statistically significant. Interestingly, IL-10 levels were found to be higher in controls than in patients but
again, it was not statistically significant. Pro-inflammatory cytokines play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of psoriasis
and it is the type 1(TH1) cytokine pattern, i.e., IL-6 & TNF-α, which predominate in the psoriatic T cell response. Further
studies on IL-10 levels in psoriasis are recommended to establish their exact role in the pathogenesis of the disease. 相似文献
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Nosratollah Zarghami Ali Khosrowbeygi 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2005,20(2):86-91
It has been proposed that oxidative stress plays an important role in male infertility. The aims of this study were to compare
seminal plasma levels of 15-F2t-isoprostane (8-iso-PGF2α), malondialdehyde (MDA), and total (sum of free and bound) homocysteine
(tHcy) from normozoospermic vs. asthenozoospermic men, and to examine the relationships between tHcy and lipid peroxidation
products. The study was a case-control study with a simple random sampling. The case group was consisted of 15 asthenozoospermic
males. This group was compared with 15 normozoospermic men. Seminal plasma levels of 15-F2α-isoprostane and tHcy were measured
using commercially available enzyme immunoassay (EIA) kits. MDA levels were determined by the thiobarbituric acid (TBA) assay.
The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare two groups. Coefficients of correlation were calculated using Spearman’s correlation
analysis. All hypothesis tests were two-tailed with statistical significance assessed at the p value <0.05 level. MDA levels
were higher in asthenozoospermic subjects than in control subjects (0.72±0.06 μM vs. 0.40±0.06 μM; p<0.05). No differences
were seen in 15-F2α-isoprostane levels in asthenozoospermic subjects and controls (65.00±3.20 pg/ml vs. 58.17±4.12 pg/ml;
p>0.05). Interestingly, tHcy levels were to be slightly higher in asthenozoospermic subjects than in controls (6.18±1.17 μM
vs. 4.8±0.52 μM). Sperm motility was inversely correlated with seminal plasma 15-F2α-isoprostane and MDA levels, respectively
(p<0.05). In summary, seminal plasma levels of 15-F2α-isoprostane and tHcy showed no significant difference between normozoospermic
and asthenozoospermic men. Sperm motility was not correlated with seminal plasma levels of tHcy. No relationship was found
between tHcy and lipid peroxidation. 相似文献
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Jyoti Titus Suresh Chari Madhur Gupta Nitin Parekh 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2004,19(2):168-172
The role of oxidant damage to red cells in sickle cell anaemia has been of interest in recent years. Although, available reports
suggest that sickle cell erythrocytes are susceptible to endogenous free radical mediated oxidant damage there remains discrepancy
in the status of antioxidant enzymes and antioxidant vitamins in these patients. In view of this, 107 cases of sickle cell
anaemia (36 ‘SS’ and 71 ‘AS’ pattern—as confirmed by haemoglobin electrophoresis) were subjected to analysis of malondialdehyde,
ascorbic acid, superoxide dismutase and albumin. The results were compared with 54 age and sex matched healthy controls. The
results indicate a marked increase in lipid peroxidation and superoxide dismutase levels in both ‘SS’ and ‘AS’ types of sickle
cell anaemia as compared to controls. Although no difference was observed in the levels of albumin in these groups the levels
of ascorbic acid were significantly depleted in sickle cell anaemia patients. The results are indicative of enhanced lipid
peroxidation along with imbalance in the pro-oxidant and antioxidant status in patients of sickle cell anaemia. 相似文献
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Yasir Hasan Siddique Tanveer Beg Mohammad Afzal 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2009,24(3):294-300
Hydrogen peroxide is one of the reactive oxygen species for cellular injury. It is overproduced during oxidative stress and
is known to damage proteins, nucleic acids and cell membranes. The present study was aimed to study the protective effect
of ascorbic acid against the toxic doses of hydrogen peroxide using lipid peroxidation and cytokinesis blocked micronucleus
assay. Hydrogen peroxide was studied at 50, 100 and 200μM and was found to increase a dose dependent increase in lipid peroxidation
and micronuclei frequency. The treatment of 100 and 200μM of hydrogen peroxide separately along with 20, 40 and 80μM of ascorbic
acid showed a dose dependent decrease in the lipid peroxidation and micronuclei frequency. The results suggest a protective
effect of ascorbic acid against the hydrogen peroxide induced oxidative damage in cultured human peripheral blood lymphocytes. 相似文献
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Farhana Zahir Shameem J Rizvi Soghra K Haq Rizwan H Khan 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2006,21(2):149-152
Mercury pollution and acute neurotoxicity of mercury is well known. The recent reports suggest the adverse effect of low dose
mercury, though the available literature is still silent on its mechanism. This study was therefore undertaken to probe the
effect of low dose methyl mercury induced heavy metal toxicity on free radical stress and its impact on behaviour of male
albino rats. Male albino rats were exposed to 1 mg/kg body wt of methylmercury chloride for seven days, on day 8 they were
tested for motor and memory functions. They were sacrificed later for biochemical estimations for rate of lipid peroxidation,
nucleic acids, proteins in cerebrum, cerebellum and brain stem. There was an increase in the rate of lipid peroxidation showing
methyl mercury induced free radical stress. The motor and memory functions demonstrated a clear decline, besides there was
a lowering in the levels of nucleic acids and proteins as compared to controls. The results are important in view of recent
reports that methyl mercury induced free radical stress results in early ageing and may serve as an initiating factor more
specifically for neurodegenerative disorders like Alzeihemer's disease and dementias. The current findings support the notion
that incorporating dietary antioxidants like curcumin, ascorbic acid and α-tocopherol in routine diet from early age may help
combat the risk of developing such disorders in ensuing years. 相似文献
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Y. P. Singh O. P. Sachdeva S. K. Aggarwal K. Chugh Harbans Lal 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2008,23(3):290-292
Blood glutathione was estimated in fifty patients of head and neck cancer in the age group of 18–76 years and the results
were compared with a group of normal healthy controls. Mean blood glutathione level was found to be significantly lowered
in patients than the controls. Irrespective of the site, TNM classification, histopathology, and character of lesion, fall
in blood glutathione was nearly same in all the patients. The mean level was significantly increased after radiotherapy when
compared with the levels before radiotherapy. The decreased levels of GSH in-patients with head and neck cancer, observed
in the present study, may be due to its increased utilization by the cells. The results suggest that patients with head and
neck cancer have increased oxidative stress. 相似文献
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Ramesh Chander Kavita Singh A K Khanna S M Kaul Anju Puri Rashmi Saxena Gitika Bhatia Farhan Rizvi A K. Rastogi 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2004,19(2):141-148
Terminalia arjuna (T. arjuna) stem bark was successively extracted with petroleum ether (A), solvent ether (B), ethanol (C) and water (D). The lipid lowering
activity of these four fractions A, B, C, and D was evaluatedin vivo in two models viz., triton WR-1339 induced hyperlipemia in rats as well as fructose rich high fat diet (HFD) fed diabetic-
dyslipidemic hamsters. Hyperlipidemia induced by triton caused marked increase in the plasma levels of total cholesterol (Tc),
triglyceride (Tg) and phospholipids (PL) in rats. After treament withT. arjuna fractions A, B, C, and D at the doses of 250 mg/kg per oral (p.o.),only the ethanolic fraction (C) exerted significant lipid
lowering effect as assessed by reversal of plasma levels of Tc, Tg and PL in hyperlipidemic rats. In another experiment, feeding
with HFD produced marked dyslipidemia as observed by increased levels of plasma Tc, Tg, glucose (Glu), glycerol (Gly) and
free fatty acids (FFA) in hamsters. After treatment withT. arjuna fractions at the doses of 250 mg/kg p.o. only two fraction (B and C) could exert significant lowering in the plasma levels
of lipids and Glu. in dyslipidemic hamsters.In vitro experimentT. arjuna fractions at tested concentrations (50–500 μg/ml) inhibited the oxidative degradation of lipids in human low density lipoprotein
and rat liver microsomes induced by metal ions. These fractions when tested against generation of oxygen free radicals at
the concentrations (50–500 μg/ml), counteracted the formation of superoxide anions (O−2) and hydrodyl radicals (OH) in non enzymic test systems. The efficacy ofT. arjuna fractions as antidyslipidemic and antioxidant agents was found, fraction C> fraction B> fraction A. 相似文献
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Seema Bhargava R. Parakh L. M. Srivastava 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2004,19(1):76-78
Homocysteine (Hcy) is a non-protein forming amino-acid, whose metabolism is at the intersection of two metabolic pathways:
remethylation and transsulfuration which are dependent on the vitamins folic acid, B12 and B6, and the enzymes methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase and cystathionine-β-synthetase. A deficiency of any of these vitamins
or enzymes results in hyperhomocysteinemia. This causes oxidative and other damage to blood vessels, thus affecting various
organ systems of the body. As part of our ongoing research on cardiovascular risk factors, we have studied the Hcy levels
in the plasma of normal controls and those suffering from vascular diseases. It was observed that Hcy is significantly higher
in patients of vascular diseases (21.59±1.28 μmol/L, mean±SEM), as compared to normal controls (11.33±0.18 μmol/L). This significance,
was more pronounced in cases of venous thrombosis (26.77±2.43 μmol/L) as opposed to cases of arterial block (17.27±0.84 μmol/L).
This signifies that Hcy estimation would be beneficial in obtaining a differential diagnosis in addition to being a modifiable
vascular risk factor. 相似文献
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Orathai Tangvarasittichai Watchiravut Jaiwang Surapon Tangvarasittichai 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2015,30(1):55-58
Increased levels of plasma DNA have frequently been noticed in the blood plasma of cancer patients. The possibility of using plasma DNA level as the indicator of tumor stage in breast cancer was investigated in plasma samples obtained from 100 breast cancer patients and 100 healthy women who were included as controls. Circulatory plasma free DNA was extracted from plasma samples and quantified by fluorometer. The median concentration of plasma DNA in the plasma samples from breast cancer patients classified by TNM staging system as stage I, II, III, IV and breast surgical patients were 0.5, 235, 422, 1,280 and 0.5 ng/ml, respectively. The level of plasma DNA in the stage II- IV group was significantly higher than those in the surgical group with breast cancer and control group (P value < 0.001). The plasma DNA concentration in stage II, III and IV of breast cancer were higher when compared with healthy group. These tumor size, TNM stage and metastasis were significantly correlated with plasma DNA. The cut point of 120 ng/ml was early screening and treatment follow up breast cancer. 相似文献
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Hilda Priya D'Souza H. Ramachandra Prabhu 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2006,21(2):138-141
The beneficial effects of ∈-3 fatty acids on human health have been well documented. Fish and fish oils are the richest sources
of ∈-3 fatty acids. However, due to their high degree of unsaturation, they are highly susceptible to lipid peroxidation.
Regular consumption of peroxidised oils may represent a risk factor for the induction and development of atherosclerosis.
In view of the above reports, it was considered necessary to study the effects of tumeric on fish lipid peroxidation during
standard cooking practices and on time-dependent changes in the peroxidation of fish homogenate. The antioxidant effect of
α-tocopherol was also studied to confirm the relevance of the study. The results suggest that turmeric may be considered as
a safe, cheap and readily usable antioxidant for food preparations. 相似文献