...Hideaki Iioka The present study was undertaken in order to determine the changes in blood levels of lipid peroxide and vitamin E in EPH gestosis. The mean plasma level of lipid peroxide was 0.89 ± 0.13 nmol/ml for nonpregnant women, while for normal pregnant women it was 2.51 ± 0.52 nmol/ml...

...Piero Stratta; Caterina Canavese; Mariacarla Porcu; Margherita Dogliani; Tullia Todros; Emiliana Garbo; Flavio Belliardo; Aldo Maina; Luca Marozio; Marina Zonca An oxidant/antioxidant imbalance has been suggested among the pathogenetic factors involved in preeclampsia. As vitamin E is one...

... of conjugated dienes were higher than in normal pregnancy. Also the activities of platelet and plasma glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx) were higher in PIH. In umbilical cord blood, the appearance of conjugated dienes, the concentration of vitamin E and the activity of erythrocyte GSHPx were lower than...

..., women are turning to vitamins, and other over-the-counter products for relief from hot flashes. This study was undertaken to assess the effect of vitamin E on hot flashes. Method: A placebo double blind-controlled trial was conducted. After 1 week baseline period, the enrolled patients (n = 51) received...

...Avi Ben-Haroush; Daniella Harell; Moshe Hod; Ron Bardin; Boris Kaplan; Raoul Orvieto; Jacob Bar Our aim was to investigate whether decreased levels of vitamin E can be measured during the early stages of pregnancy in women at risk of developing preeclampsia or other associated complications before...

...Simmi Kharb We studied lipid peroxidation and vitamin E levels in 12 diabetic preeclamptic, 13 nondiabetic preeclamptic, 8 gestational diabetic, 25 normotensive pregnant women, and 25 healthy nonpregnant women. A significant increase in malonaldehyde (MDA) levels was observed in preeclamptic...

...Simmi Kharb; Nirmal Gulati; Veena Singh; G.P. Singh Twenty preeclamptic, 25 normotensive pregnant and 25 healthy nonpregnant women were analyzed with regard to serum malonaldehyde (MDA), vitamin E and lipid profile. In preeclampsia, MDA was significantly higher than control. MDA also showed high...