Open AccessFree radicals and antioxidants status in neonates with congenital malformation
Author(s) -
Bedabrata Mukhopadhyay,
Ajay Narayan Gongopadhyay,
Anjali Rani,
Roshni Gavel,
Sarita Mishra
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.161037
Subject(s) - medicine , oxidative stress , lipid peroxidation , malondialdehyde , pregnancy , physiology , pediatrics , antioxidant , vitamin e , protein carbonylation , glutathione , biochemistry , biology , genetics , enzyme
Several studies using animal models have shown that oxidative stress during pregnancy may play an important role in causing birth defects. Congenital anomalies affect an estimated 270,000 newborns who die during the first 28 days of life every year from different birth defects. Hence, at present many research works are going on to reduce the infant mortality from congenital anomaly.[1].