PURPOSE To determine the nutritional status of vitamin E in breastfeeding women through the analysis of alpha-tocopherol concentration in serum and colostrum, to analyze its relation with maternal variables and to determine the prevalence of vitamin E deficiency in these women. METHODS The study included 103 mothers who were classified according to maternal variables: age, nutritional status ...

Cacao liquor crude polyphenols (CLP) contained potent anti-oxidants, such as catechin, and their oligomers. An investigation was conducted on the effects of CLP on experimental arteriosclerosis with calcification in rats, induced by giving vitamin D2 (2.5 × 10 I.U./kg) for the first 4 consecutive days with an atherogenic diet (2% cholesterol, 1.5% cholic acid, 0.1% methylthiouracil). The diet w...

Ataxia is a common neurological symptom defined as the loss of ability to control and coordinate bodily movements. It has multiple etiologies, among which vitamin E deficiency is a treatable and relatively reversible cause. Early diagnosis of vitamin E deficiency and vitamin E replacement can alleviate the symptoms, and halt the disease progression and even reverse ataxia associated with it. At...

background: vitamin d has a potential to modulate inflammatory response against noxious particles in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd). the present study was conducted to determine the status of serum vitamin d in copd versus healthy group. methods: the patients presented to the outpatient pulmonary clinic of ayatollah rouhani hospital, babol iran. diagnosis of copd was...

1. Control, vitamin E-deficient, vitamin E-supplemented (deficient with added ‘normal‘ intake) and vitamin E-treated rats were given paracetamol at a dose of 25-5 mmol(4 g)/kg body weight. Control rats were also given paracetamol with or without simultaneous vitamin E. 2. Plasma aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase activities increased to very high values (mean 2842 and 1241 ...

Xanthine oxidase (EC 1.2.3.2) activity increases in liver of rabbits deficient in vitamin E. Immunochemical titration of the enzyme demonstrates that the elevation of activity is due to an increased accumulation of the enzyme protein rather than activation of preexisting enzyme molecules. Immunochemically, xanthine oxidase from deficient animals is indistinguishable from the enzyme from control...

The nutritional status of 80 patients with non-alcoholic chronic liver disease was assessed by determination of various nutritional parameters in body fluids. With the exception of vitamin C there was a higher incidence (40%) of fat soluble vitamin deficiency (vitamins A, E, and carotene) than of the water soluble vitamins. Less than 10% of patients showed evidence of vitamin B12, nicotinic aci...

The role of vitamin E in human nutrition was studied by investigation of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and associated pancreatic insufficiency. Vitamin E status was assessed by measurement of the plasma concentration of the principal circulating isomer, alpha-tocopherol. Results of such determinations in 52 CF patients with pancreatogenic steatorrhea revealed that all were deficient in the...

1. The effects of vitamin E deficiency, and of vitamin E and selenium deficiency, on rat liver microsomal aminopyrine demethylase activity were investigated. It was found that, over a wide range of substrate concentrations, the enzyme activity in preparations from deficient animals was significantly lower than that in controls. 2. Addition of antioxidants in vitro, either to the homogenization ...