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8050565

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-7
pubmed:abstractText
Extremely low birth weight premature infants have been known for many years to have limited antioxidant protective capacity, especially with reference to those antioxidant components which do not cross the placenta until the third trimester of gestation. In this study the total antioxidant activity and the concentrations of individual antioxidants in plasma from premature neonates (27 +/- 2 weeks gestation) compared to term babies (38-41 weeks gestation) have been examined. The results show elevated levels of ascorbate at birth in the plasma of premature neonates compared with those of term babies, but the total plasma antioxidant status of the premature babies is significantly lower than that of term babies. At 5 days post-partum the ascorbate levels are within the normal adult range and plasma bilirubin levels are considerably enhanced in both groups, while the total plasma antioxidant status of the premature neonates has increased. Analysis of the relationship between the total plasma antioxidant activity and the bilirubin concentration show a direct, highly significant correlation for the term group, r2 = 0.774, consistent with significance of bilirubin as a plasma antioxidant.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
349
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
197-200
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Bilirubin and ascorbate antioxidant activity in neonatal plasma.
pubmed:affiliation
Free Radical Research Group, UMDS-Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't