Bisphosphonates such as alendronate and risedronate are commonly used for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. They have the gastrointestinal adverse effects such as erosions and ulcers in stomach and small intestine. However, the detailed biological mechanism remains to be elucidated. Since alendronate is suggested to increase the risk of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-related g...

The present study was undertaken to study the free radical activity in malaria patients suffering from plasmodium falciparum (n=14) and plasmodium vivax (n=21) against the healthy control subjects (n=25). Lipid peroxidation was assessed by measuring serum lipid peroxide in both groups of malaria patients by using Malondialdehyde as standard. The serum Ceruloplasmin is also studied along with se...

Background Lipid peroxidation is known to cause various impairments to sperm cells and may play a major role in the etiology of male infertility. Asthenospermia is the main factor of male infertility and has significantly higher level of peroxidation than in normozoospermic males. MaterialsAndMethods Using thiobarbituric acid (TBA) assay procedure, we have determined the level of lipid peroxida...

This study was designed with an aim to evaluate the protective effects of reduced glutathione on flutamide-induced lipid peroxidation and also changes in cholesterol content. Blood of male white New Zealand rabbit was used as lipid source for the models. Lipid peroxidation study was performed by measuring the malondialdehyde, 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal, reduced glutathione and nitric oxide content of ...

Tumor cells generally display low lipid peroxidation. A low content of polyunsaturated fatty acids in membrane phospholipids is a possible cause of their decreased susceptibility to lipid peroxidation. To investigate the importance of substrate availability in eliciting lipid peroxidation and to study cell viability in conditions of stimulated lipid peroxidation, AH-130 hepatoma cells were enri...

The present work was carried out to study the involvement of lipid peroxidation in immobilization-induced damage of the rat lung Thirty-hour immobilization stress was found to result in a marked morphological alteration of the lung ultrastructure and in significant increases of both acid and alkaline phosphatase for immobilization times exceeding 12 and 24 hours respectively Also, increased con...

BACKGROUND/AIM Sonodynamic cancer therapy is based on the preferential uptake and/or retention of a sonosensitizing drug (sonosensitizer) in tumor tissues and subsequent activation of the drug by ultrasound irradiation. In the present study, we investigated the participation of lipid peroxidation in the mechanism of the sonodynamically-induced antitumor effect with functionalized fullerenes, su...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread genotoxic environmental pollutants. We have recently demonstrated that photoirradiation of PAHs leads to cytotoxicity, DNA damage, and induction of lipid peroxidation. In this paper we report the synthesis of all the six isomeric ethylchrysenes and the study of light-induced lipid peroxidation by these ethylchrysenes. 5-Ethylchrysene was sy...

Alteration of plasma lipid profile and induction of lipid peroxidation may take place due to drug effect, which may be correlated with adverse drug reactions and drug-induced toxicity. Considering this fact, the present in vivo study was carried out to evaluate the effect of clindamycin on plasma lipid profile and peroxidation parameters alone and in combination with ascorbic acid, a promising ...

Tumor cells generally display low lipid peroxidation. A low content of polyunsaturated fatty acids in membrane phospholipids is a possible cause of their decreased susceptibility to lipid peroxidation. To investigate the importance of substrate availability in eliciting lipid peroxidation and to study cell viability in conditions of stimulated lipid peroxidation, AH-130 hepatoma cells were enri...