Antioxidant protection during the menstrual cycle: the effects of estradiol on ascorbic-dehydroascorbic acid plasma levels and total antioxidant plasma status in eumenorrhoic women during the menstrual cycle
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Ημερομηνία
Συγγραφείς
Michos, C.
Kiortsis, D. N.
Evangelou, A.
Karkabounas, S.
Τίτλος Εφημερίδας
Περιοδικό ISSN
Τίτλος τόμου
Εκδότης
Περίληψη
Τύπος
Είδος δημοσίευσης σε συνέδριο
Είδος περιοδικού
peer-reviewed
Είδος εκπαιδευτικού υλικού
Όνομα συνεδρίου
Όνομα περιοδικού
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand
Όνομα βιβλίου
Σειρά βιβλίου
Έκδοση βιβλίου
Συμπληρωματικός/δευτερεύων τίτλος
Περιγραφή
Background. Estrogens, apart from their classic role as steroid hormones, also possess significant antioxidant properties. The present study was undertaken to assess the antioxidant potential of the female during the various menstrual phases and to investigate the correlation between ascorbic acid, dehydroascorbic acid plasma levels, total antioxidant plasma status, and estradiol levels. Design and methods. Thirteen eumenorrhoic women were studied. Ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid plasma levels, total antioxidant plasma status, estradiol, progesterone, luteinizing hormone, and follicle-stimulating hormone during time of menstruation, midfollicular phase, time of ovulation, and midluteal phase were determined. Ascorbic-dehydroascorbic acid ratio was also calculated. Results. A progressive significant rise in ascorbic acid plasma levels (p < 0.01), ascorbic-dehydroascorbic acid ratio (p < 0.001), and total antioxidant plasma status (p < 0.05) from menstruation to ovulation was observed. Moreover, a significant decrease in dehydroascorbic acid was found at the same phases (p < 0.05). Changes of estradiol levels during the menstrual cycle correlated positively with the changes of ascorbic acid levels and total antioxidant plasma status (p < 0.05). Furthermore, estradiol levels correlated positively with ascorbic acid levels (p < 0.05, r < 0.5), ascorbic-dehydroascorbic acid ratio (p < 0.05, r < 0.5), and total antioxidant plasma status (p < 0.05, r < 0.8) in all menstrual phases. Conclusions. An elevated antioxidant protection during ovulation and the midluteal phase appears to be present in eumenorrhoic women. Moreover we observed a cyclic variation in the antioxidant parameters we assayed in the females in the present study, which could be due to cyclic changes in estradiol levels.
Περιγραφή
Λέξεις-κλειδιά
free radicals, antioxidants, estradiol, total antioxidant plasma status (taps), ascorbic acid, glutathione-peroxidase activities, lipid-peroxidation, superoxide-dismutase, enzyme-activities, oxidative stress, free-radicals, human-disease, estrogens, capacity, malondialdehyde
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<Go to ISI>://000240284400011
http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00016340500432812
http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00016340500432812
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en
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Όνομα επιβλέποντος
Εξεταστική επιτροπή
Γενική Περιγραφή / Σχόλια
Ίδρυμα και Σχολή/Τμήμα του υποβάλλοντος
Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικής