OBJECTIVE While iron deficiency is regarded as the major cause of nutritional anaemia, changes in vitamins A, B12, C and E, folic acid and riboflavin status have also been linked to its development and control. This paper provides a systematic review of vitamin supplementation trials relating to the control of nutritional anaemia. METHODS A MEDLINE search was used to find reports of vitamin s...

Selenium is essential to human health, and its deficiency is associated with different diseases including liver necrosis. Selenium is protective against viral hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The underlying molecular mechanisms of selenium effects are not well known. In this study, in vitro response of HCC-derived cell lines to selenium deficiency is examined alone or in conjunctio...

Selenium is essential to human health, and its deficiency is associated with different diseases including liver necrosis. Selenium is protective against viral hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The underlying molecular mechanisms of selenium effects are not well known. In this study, in vitro response of HCC-derived cell lines to selenium deficiency is examined alone or in conjunctio...

N UTRITIONAL m u s c u l a r d y s t r o p h y (NMD) occurs spontaneously in lambs in many areas (Allaway and Hodgson, 1964; Hartley and Grant, 1961; and Muth, 1963) and can result in substantial economic loss to flock owners. Willman et al. (1945) demonstrated that vitamin E was effective in preventing and curing NMD. However, Muth (1955) and Hartley and Grant (1961) observed that vitamin E ha...

Vitamin E serves an important role in protecting the cellular membrane constituents from peroxidative damage. Biochemical and functional studies were performed on polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) from vitamin-E deficient and control rats to investigate the consequences of uncontrolled peroxidation of the rat PMN membrane. Rats fed a vitamin-E-deficient diet for 2 mo had serum tocopherol level...

Vitamin E (毩-tocopherol) is fat soluble organic compound and commonly present in the cell membranes. This vitamin has the strong antioxidant properties and inhibits the lipid peroxidation created by the free hydroxyl and superoxide radicals. This vitamin protects the cell membrane of sperm cell from damages of ROS. In vitro studies have proved that the use of vitamin E improves the motility and...

Vitamin C has antioxidant property. It is the component of plasma and extracellular fluids and so can control lipid peroxidation of cellular membranes, thus maintaining the redox integrity of cells. Vitamin C along with Zinc enhances the immunity of the body. It has therapeutic potential against neurodegenerative disease like Alzheimer’s disease. It has effects on increasing incidence of respir...

Background: Iron deficiency anemia is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Evidences from epidemiological and clinical studies suggest a possible correlation between antioxidant levels and the anemic disease risk. The present work is to investigate antioxidant levels and lipid peroxidation in anemic patients. Methods: A number of 30 patients (15 males and 15 females) we...

INTRODUCTION Consumption of gluten proteins leads to an enteropathy characterised by lymphocytic infiltration of mucous membrane, crypts hypertrophy, and atrophy of villi. Enteropathy leads to disturbances in the immune system as well as secondary deficiency of vitamin E. AIM Analysis of the concentration of vitamin E in erythrocytes of patients with celiac disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thr...