Lipid peroxidation and disturbance in Ca2+ transport through sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes during E-avitaminosis

Arkhipenko, I.U.; Gazdarov, A.K.; Kagan, V.E.; Kozlov, I.P.; Spirichev, V.B.

Biokhimiia 41(10): 1898-1902

1976


ISSN/ISBN: 0320-9725
PMID: 1024582
Document Number: 106617
The antioxidant effect of alpha-tocopherol in biolgoical membranes in vivo is described. Experimental E-avitaminosis is accompanied by accumulation of products of free-radical oxidation of phospholipids and by a loss of Ca2+-transporting ability of the muscle cells microsomal fraction. The role of alpha-tocopherol in stabilization and as a "radical trap" in biological membranes is discussed.

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