Diabetes mellitus is a complex and progressive metabolic disease which is associated with multiple complications. Chronic hyperglycaemia is the defining characteristic of diabetes mellitus. Hyperglycaemia leads to generation of free radicals and induces oxidative stress, which has become the chief factor that leads to diabetic complications. This review supports the use of antioxidant vitamins ...

We investigated the effect of the composition of the storage container, Holder pasteurisation, and conditions during tube feeding on the concentration of selected vitamins in human milk. Though the fat soluble vitamins A, D, and E were not affected, the concentration of several water soluble vitamins decreased. The lower vitamin C concentration of milk stored in polypropylene containers compare...

The ultraviolet absorption spectra of vitamins K1 from alfalfa and Kz from putrefied fish meal, both of which were isolated by Dr. E. A. Doisy and his associates at St. Louis University School of Medicine (McKee, Binkley, MacCorquodale, Thayer, and Doisy, 1939), have been determined. Absorption curves of the reduction products of these two vitamins have been evaluated in the ultraviolet region ...

High doses of synthetic antioxidative vitamins: A, E, C and β-carotene are often used on long-term basis in numerous preventive and therapeutic medical applications. Instead of expected health effects, the use of those vitamins may however lead to cases of hypervitaminosis and even to intoxication. The article points out main principles of safety which are to be observed during supplementation ...