Total Antioxidant Capacity in Patients with Chronic Viral Hepatitis

Total Antioxidant Capacity in Patients with Chronic Viral Hepatitis

Özlem KANDEMİR, Gülçin ESKANDARİ, Gülden Ersoz, Ali KAYA

Total antioxidant capacity (TAOC) was investigated in 38 chronic hepatitis patients (25 hepatitis B, 13 hepatitis C). Control group included 22 healthy persons. Results of the colorimetric measurements of TAOC with Randox kit showed that TAOC was significantly lower in patients with chronic hepatitis compared to the controls (p= 0.0013). The findings of this study and those of some related studies, which are limited in number, suggest that antioxidant treatment may contribute to current treatments.

2002

chronic viral hepatitis, total antioxidant capacity

DOI:

Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi

Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi

Infectious and parasitic diseases, Microbiology

EN, TR