Exhaustive exercise results in inflammation and oxidative stress, which can damage tissue. Previous studies have shown that vitamin D has both anti-inflammatory and antiperoxidative activity. Therefore, we aimed to test if vitamin D could reduce the damage caused by exhaustive exercise. Rats were randomized to one of four groups: control, vitamin D, exercise, and vitamin D+exercise. Exercised r...

background: vitamin c levels are low in pregnancy. the purpose of this study was to determine serum vitamins c levels among pregnant women attending antenatal care at a general hospital in dawakin kudu, kano, and this can help further research to determine the place of vitamin c supplementation in pregnancy. methods: this was a prospective study of 400 pregnant women who presented for antenatal...

In this study the chemical properties of B6C4Si and C16 Clusters connected vitamin C have been investigated using density functional theory (DFT). NMR parameters and HOMO- LUMO Gap energy are calculated by using density functional method (B3LYP) with 6-311G* basis set. Calculations show that HOMO- LUMO Gap energy of vitamin C decreases after connecting to B6C4Si or C16 cluster decreasing of HOM...

BACKGROUND Based on equivocal clinical data, intravenous antioxidant therapy has been used for the treatment of severe acute pancreatitis. To date there is no randomised comparison of this therapy in severe acute pancreatitis. METHODS We conducted a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial of intravenous antioxidant (n-acetylcysteine, selenium, vitamin C) therapy in patients with pr...

The objective of this study was to evaluate quality of frozen-thawed bull semen processed with extenders containing vitamin C and E as antioxidants. Pooled semen's were collected from 5 bulls and diluted to a concentration of 30 × 106 sperm/mL with citrate –egg yolk (CEY) or Tris – egg yolk (TEY) extenders. The diluted semen was divided to 5 aliquots including control and 4 experimental groups....

Two independent experiments were conducted with broilers to determine the effect of threonine and vitamin A on immune system. In first experiment, dietary treatments contained 0.8%, 0.87%, 0.94 % and 1.01 % total threonine. In second experiment, diets were as follows: basal diet without vitamin A; basal diet plus 1500 IU/Kg vitamin A; basal diet plus 6250 IU/Kg vitamin A; basal diet plus 11000 ...

Abstract Background Vitamin C is an essential water-soluble nutrient that functions as a key antioxidant and has been proven to be effective for boosting immunity. In this study, we aimed assess the efficacy of adding high-dose intravenous vitamin (HDIVC) regimens patients with severe COVID-19 disease. Methods An open-label, randomized, controlled trial was conducted on infection. The case cont...

background: improvement of endothelial dysfunction could prevent or delay the occurrence of the atherosclerosis process in patients with kawasaki disease (kd). it is suggested that vitamin c could improve endothelial dysfunction. in this study, we investigated whether administration of vitamin c as a water-soluble antioxidant could be effective in this regard among patients with kd. materials a...