Background: Human milk contains many kinds of antioxidant and is considered to prevent
diseases mediated by oxygen free radicals in very low birthweight (VLBW) infants. Aims: To …

Carotenoids have various biological functions including their role as antioxidants. For
humans fruits and vegetables are the only source of carotenoids. In the first months breast …

Context Dietary carotenoid intake is associated with vitamin A status and healthy visual and
cognitive function in early life. To date, however, only limited population-level data on the …

To explore the role of nitric oxide (NO) and oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of adhesion
formation and in endometriosis-associated infertility, we examined the peritoneal total …

Newborn infants are susceptible to a range of problems attributed to excessive production of
free radicals. Because of a higher content of antioxidants, above all bilirubin, and a lower …

Age-related changes in various tissues have been associated with the onset of a number of
age-related diseases, including inflammation and cancer. Bladder cancer, for instance, is a …

Aging and the diseases that typically follow with increasing age, notably atherosclerosis and
cancer, are often proposed to be involved in increased oxidative stress. Animal studies, on …

To analyze the effects of radiochemotherapy on the pro-oxidative/antioxidative balance in
plasma, we measured the total radical antioxidant parameter of plasma (TRAP) and single …

The most probable factor connecting premature infant problems such as retinopathy,
intraventricular hemorrhage and chronic lung disease appears to be the excessive …

A method is described whereby the concentrations and 2 H isotope enrichment of
glutathione (GSH) and cysteine can be simultaneously determined in a single gas …