Cataract is characterized partial or complete loss of transparency of the lens that leads to loss of vision. Globally, cataract associated blindness is a major cause of morbidity in developing countries. The cataractogenesis is affected by a number of factors with redox imbalance at the top of list. This imbalance results either from an increased generation of free radicals and/or decreased pro...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Kidney disease is associated with increased oxidative stress (OS), a nontraditional CV risk factor. Few studies evaluate the effect of OS markers on CV events (CVE) and survival in HD patients. The aim of this study is to examine potential determinants of OS markers and...

Is Malondialdehyde a Putative Uremic Toxin? B.K. Kishore B.K. Kishore, MD, BCHM 75.39 ICP/UCL, avenue Hippocrate 75, B-1200 Bruxelles (Belgium) Dear Sir, References Various studies have demonstrated that the lipid per-oxidation (LP) status of chronic renal failure (CRF) patients is significantly increased, irrespective of the dialysis treatment [1–3]. While the actual cause for this increased L...

OBJECTIVE To assess and compare the status of lipid peroxidation, both in control subjects and in coronary heart disease patients. METHODS Serum total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and malondialdehyde levels were determined in 46 patients with coronary heart disease and 50 age matched control healthy subjects. 29 male cor...

The aim of this work was to compare the methods of malondialdehyde detection, as the main secondary product of the lipid peroxidation process, in meat and meat products. Malondialdehyde measurements were performed by two modified methods, the 2-thiobarbituric acid spectrophotometric method and the reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography in raw, mechanically-deboned chicken meat and...

this study was conducted to evaluate the hypoglycemic, hypocholesterolemic and antioxidant properties of mentha spicata (labiateae) leaves aqueous extract (msla) in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. in this study, hyperglycemia was induced in male rats by intraperitoneal injection of alloxan monohydrate (150 mg/kg). the aqueous extract of m. spicata was orally administered at a dose of 300 mg/kg b...

diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disorder, causes many complications such as micro- and macro-vascular diseases. anti-diabetic, hypolipidemic and anti-oxidative properties of ginger have been noticed in several researches. the present study was conducted to investigate the effects of ginger on fasting blood sugar, hemoglobin a1c, apolipoprotein b, apolipoprotein a-i, and malondial...

conclusions our findings indicated that oxidative stress could play an essential role in male infertility caused by varicocele and may impair spermatogenesis leading to infertility. objectives in the current study, we aimed to assess the tac (total antioxidant capacity) and mda (malondialdehyde) as stress oxidative markers in infertile men with varicocele and fertile men, and moreover, their co...