Total Antioxidant Capacity and Superoxide Dismutase Activity Levels in Serum and Gingival Crevicular Fluid in Pregnant Women With Chronic Periodontitis

2009 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferda Alev Akalın ◽  
Esra Baltacıoğlu ◽  
Ahmet Alver ◽  
Erdem Karabulut
Keyword(s):  
Superoxide Dismutase ◽  
Antioxidant Capacity ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Chronic Periodontitis ◽  
Total Antioxidant Capacity ◽  
Gingival Crevicular Fluid ◽  
Superoxide Dismutase Activity ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Total Antioxidant ◽  
Crevicular Fluid

scholarly journals Red Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) Ameliorates Diabetic Nephropathy in Rats

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hazem A. H. Kataya ◽  
AlaaEldin A. Hamza
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effect ◽  
Superoxide Dismutase ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Antioxidant Capacity ◽  
Brassica Oleracea ◽  
Catalase Activity ◽  
Total Antioxidant Capacity ◽  
Superoxide Dismutase Activity ◽  
Red Cabbage ◽  
Total Antioxidant

The protective action against oxidative stress of red cabbage (Brassica oleracea) extract was investigated. Diabetes was induced in male Wistar rats using streptozotocin (60 mg/kg body weight). Throughout the experimental period (60 days), diabetic rats exhibited many symptoms including loss of body weight, hyperglycemia, polyuria, polydipsia, renal enlargement and renal dysfunction. Significant increase in malondialdehyde, a lipid peroxidation marker, was observed in diabetic kidney. This was accompanied by a significant increase in reduced glutathione and superoxide dismutase activity and a decrease in catalase activity and in the total antioxidant capacity of the kidneys. Daily oral ingestion (1 g/kg body weight) ofB. oleraceaextract for 60 days reversed the adverse effect of diabetes in rats.B. oleraceaextract lowered blood glucose levels and restored renal function and body weight loss. In addition,B. oleraceaextract attenuated the adverse effect of diabetes on malondialdehyde, glutathione and superoxide dismutase activity as well as catalase activity and total antioxidant capacity of diabetic kidneys. In conclusion, the antioxidant and antihyperglycemic properties ofB. oleraceaextract may offer a potential therapeutic source for the treatment of diabetes.

Comparison and relationship between meat colour and antioxidant capacity of different pig breeds

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (11) ◽  
pp. 2152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Chen ◽  
Qi-fan Zeng ◽  
Hai-peng Xu ◽  
Guo-feng Fang ◽  
Shou-dong Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Superoxide Dismutase ◽  
Antioxidant Capacity ◽  
Total Antioxidant Capacity ◽  
Superoxide Dismutase Activity ◽  
Pig Breeds ◽  
Total Antioxidant ◽  
Hue Angle ◽  
Meat Colour ◽  
Crossbred Pigs ◽  
Visual Colour

The objectives of this study were to evaluate meat colour, antioxidant performance of longissimus muscle in different pig breeds, including five Chinese native pig breeds, a Chinese bred pig breed as well as a commercial crossbred pig breed, and to analyse the relationships between meat colour and antioxidant capacity. The results showed that the Chinese native and bred pig breeds have higher meat colour and marbling scores than commercial crossbred pigs. The Chinese native and bred pig breeds showed significantly stronger total antioxidant capacity and superoxide dismutase activity, and lower malondialdehyde contents than commercial crossbred pigs. Moreover, the total antioxidant capacity, superoxide dismutase activity were positively correlated with visual colour, a* and chroma, and negatively correlated with L* and hue angle; on the contrary, the malondialdehyde content was negatively correlated with visual colour, marbling, a*, b* and chroma, and positively correlated with L* and hue angle. In addition, principal component 1 and 2 explained 46.41% and 18.30% of the total variance. These results indicated that meat colour and antioxidant capacity were affected by pig breeds, and meat colour was strongly correlated with antioxidant capacity.

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