Open AccessLow plasma antioxidant status in patients with epilepsy and the role of antiepileptic drugs on oxidative stress
Author(s) -
Bindu Me,
Krishnan Ravindran,
Rajendiran Vinoth Kumar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.144008
Subject(s) - antioxidant , medicine , oxidative stress , glutathione peroxidase , epilepsy , glutathione , uric acid , catalase , vitamin c , vitamin e , pharmacology , gastroenterology , endocrinology , biochemistry , enzyme , chemistry , psychiatry
Oxidative stress has been implicated in various disorders including epilepsy. We studied the antioxidant status in patients with epilepsy and aimed at determining whether there was any difference in the antioxidant levels between patients and controls, patients who are not on antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), and on treatment, between individual AEDs and patients on monotherapy and polytherapy.