| Disease | THE AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO ASSESS THE EFFECT OF ORAL SUPLEMENTATION WITH LA ALONE AND IN COMBINATION WITH ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL(AT) ON MEASURES OF OXIDATIVE STRESS. A TOTAL OF 31 HEALTHY ADULTS WERE SUPPLEMENTED FOR 2 MONTHS EITHER WITH LA(600 MG/D
N = 16), OR WITH AT(400 IU/D,N = 15) ALONE, AND THEN WITH THE COMBINATION OF BOTH FOR 2 ADDITIONAL MONTHS. AT BASELINE, AFTER 2 AND 4 MONTHS OF SUPPLEMETATION, URINE FOR F2-ISOPROSTANES, PLASMA FOR PROTEIN CARBONYL MEASUREMENT AND LOW-DENSITY
LIPOPROTEIN(LDL) OXIDATIVE SUSCEPTIBILITY WAS COLLECTED. PLASMA OXIDIZABILITY WAS ASSESSED AFTER INCUBATION WITH 100 MM 2.2'-AZOBIS (2-AMIDINOPROPANE) HYDROCHLORIDE(AAPH) FOR 4 H AT 37 DEGREES C. LDL WAS SUBJECTED TO COPPER- AND AAPH-CATALYZED
OXIDATION AT 37 DEGREES C OVER 5 H AND THE LAG TIME WAS COMPUTED. LA SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE LAG TIME OF LDL LIPID PEROXIDE FORMATION FOR BOTH COPPER-CATALYZED AND AAPH-INDUCED LDL OXIDATION(P<.05), DECREASED URINARY F2-ISOPROSTANES LEVELS
(P<.05), AND PLASMA CARBONYL LEVELS AFTER AAPH OXIDATION(P<.001). AT PROLONGED LDL TIME OF LIPID PEROXIDE FORMATION(P<.01) AND CONJUGATED DIENES(P<.01) AFTER COPPER-CATALYZED LDL OXIDATION, DECREASED URINARY F2-ISPPROSTANES(P<.001), BUT HAD NO
EFFECT ON PLASMA CARBONYLS. THE ADDITION OF LA TO AT DID NOT PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE MEASURES OF OXIDATIVE STRESS. IN CONCLUSION, LA SUPPLEMENTATION FUNCTIONS AS AN ANTIOXIDANT, BECAUSE IT DECREASES PLASMA- AND LDL-
OXIDATION AND URINARY ISOPROSTANES. |