to investigate the effect of vitamin e supplementation on the response of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (icam-1) to exhaustive exercise, 16 active men were selected and divided into supplementation and placebo groups based on vo2max. the subjects in each group completed 65 minutes of exhaustive exercise after14 days of supplementation. blood samples were collected before supplementation and...

Elevated amount of the free radicals due to ionizing radiation causes deteriorating damage on immune system. Therefore, we made attempts to investigate the protective effect of vitamin E (vit-E), a biological antioxidant in BALB/c mice, so as to find an affordable prophylactic supplementation for individuals who are at risk. Several groups of mice were selected and exposed to sub-lethal g -irra...

elevated amount of the free radicals due to ionizing radiation causes deteriorating damage on immune system. therefore, we made attempts to investigate the protective effect of vitamin e (vit-e), a biological antioxidant in balb/c mice, so as to find an affordable prophylactic supplementation for individuals who are at risk. several groups of mice were selected and exposed to sub-lethal g -irra...

background: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) is the most common chronic liver disease in the world. oral administration of symbiotic and vitamin e has been proposed as an effective treatment in nafld patients. this study was carried out to assess the effects of symbiotic and/or vitamin e supplementation on liver enzymes, leptin, lipid profile, and some parameters of insulin resistance (...

background: to assess the effect of supplementation with vitamins a, e and c and ω-3 fatty acids on lipid peroxidation in strepto zotocin (stz) induced diabetic rats. methods: sixty four male wistar rats weighting 250g were divided into four groups as normal control, diabetic control, dia betic with vitamin a, e as well as c supplementation and diabetic with ω-3 fatty acids supplementation. aft...

Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal/Animal Science Department/Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, Santiago, Chile. 2 Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmaceúticas, Universidad de Chile. Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Universidad de Chile. * Corresponding autor: [email protected] ___________________________________________________...