The influence of the increasing doses of vitamin C on the concentration of the substance reacting with thiobarbituric acid (TBARS) in mice liver

Drozda, R.ł; Grzegorczyk, K.; Rutkowski, M.; Kołomecki, K.

Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski Organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego 22(131): 404-405

2007


ISSN/ISBN: 1426-9686
PMID: 17679381
Document Number: 605308
Ascorbic acid is known antioxidant protecting many organs and tissues. In some circumstances can act as prooxidant, particullary when coexists with high concentration of ferrum and copper jons. Condition like that can take place for example in liver. In this research Vitamin C was administered to the mice in increasing dosages, then the concentration of TBARS-prooxidant markers was measured in homogenats of their livers. The outcomes of the research are equivocal.

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