Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: ANOVA: Analysis of Variance; CAT: Catalase; GSH: Glutathione; GSSG: Oxidized Glutathione; GPx: Glutathione Peroxidase; GR: Glutathione Reductase; LPO: Lipid Peroxidation; Lipofuscin (LIF); ROS: Reactive Oxygen Species; SOD: Superoxide Dismutase; PMS: Phenazinemethosulphate; NBT: Nitoblu Tetrazolium; YC: Young Control; YEx: Young Exper...

The review article entitled "Oxidative Stress and Diabetic Vascular Complications" accumulates evidence indicating that oxidative stress may play an important role in the etiology of diabetic complications (1). However, there are nearly no studies of diabetic children and adolescents developing subclinical complications. To our knowledge, only Jos et al. (2) have suggested that there is a relat...

A defective antioxidant scavenging system plays a major role in one of the theories of the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. The aim of this study was to investigate whether there is a general difference in antioxidant activity between early and advanced cases of Parkinson's disease. Twenty five recently diagnosed patients, without any clinical fluctuations (group A), and 25 patients in a la...

Marigold plants (Calendula officinalis Linn) var. ‘Plamen Plus’ were grown under field conditions during the 2009 season in Trebišov, Slovakia and in Sofia, Bulgaria. The antioxidant potential in Slovak marigold flowers was due to the content of glutathione and ascorbate, two peroxidases (glutathione peroxidase and guaiacol peroxidase) and monodehydroascorbate reductase. The antioxidant capacit...

BACKGROUND Red-skin root disease has seriously decreased the quality and production of Panax ginseng (ginseng). METHODS To explore the disease's origin, comparative analysis was performed in different parts of the plant, particularly the epidermis, cortex, and/or fibrous roots of 5-yr-old healthy and diseased red-skin ginseng. The inorganic element composition, phenolic compound concentration...

UNLABELLED The aim of the study was to analyze the physicochemical synthesized complex 3 [(1,3- thiazol -2- ylimino) methyl)]-4H- chromene -4 -one with tetrachloroplatinate(II) dipotassium and determination peroxidase activity and glutathione (GPX) in red blood cells of cancer patients and healthy subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS Tests were carried out with the approval of the Bioethics Commit...

Glutathione was found in several dairy Lactococcus lactis strains grown in M17 medium. None of these strains was able to synthesize glutathione. In chemically defined medium, L. lactis subsp. cremoris strain SK11 was able to accumulate up to approximately 60 mM glutathione when this compound was added to the medium. Stationary-phase cells of strain SK11 grown in chemically defined medium supple...

The impact of classic cardiovascular risk factors on oxidative stress status in a high-risk cardiovascular Mediterranean population of 527 subjects was estimated. Oxidative stress markers (malondialdehyde, 8-oxo-7'8'-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine, oxidized/reduced glutathione ratio) together with the activity of antioxidant enzyme triad (superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase) were ...