Open AccessStudy on Total Antioxidant Status in Relation to Oxidative Stress in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Author(s) -
A Jamuna Rani,
SV Mythili
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/7603.4121
Subject(s) - malondialdehyde , oxidative stress , antioxidant , diabetes mellitus , antioxidant capacity , reactive oxygen species , type 2 diabetes mellitus , medicine , population , chemistry , endocrinology , biochemistry , environmental health
Diabetes Mellitus is a condition of increased oxidative stress and requiries antioxidants. The sum of endogenous and food derived antioxidants represents the total antioxidant activity of the system. The cooperation among different antioxidants provides greater protection against damage caused by reactive oxygen species or reactive nitrogen species, than any single compound alone. Thus the overall antioxidant capacity may provide more relevant biological information compared to that obtained by the measurement of individual components, as it considers the cumulative effect of all antioxidants present in plasma and body fluids and hence the study.