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Total Radical-Trapping Antioxidant Parameter in NIDDM Patients

DOI

158

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References

1997

Year

Antonio Ceriello, Nadia Bortolotti, Edmondo Falleti, Claudio Taboga, Laura Tonutti, Adriana Crescentini, Enrico Motz, Sebastiano Lizzio, Assunta Russo, Ettore Bartoli
Diabetes Care

Abstract

These data show decreased TRAP levels in NIDDM patients, suggesting the existence of lower antioxidant defenses in diabetes. The decrease appears to be due to various antioxidants, some of them not yet clearly defined. TRAP may represent a more reliable estimation of serum antioxidant capacity than the measurement of each known antioxidants. The correlation found between TRAPm and TRAPc values suggests that TRAPc, easier to measure than TRAPm, might be adequately reliable for routine assessment of oxidative stress in diabetic patients.