title: [The role of alpha-tocopherol and retinol in correcting disorders of lipid peroxidation in patients with malignant liver neoplasms].
abstract: Patients with liver tumors are known to reveal antioxidant system disorders which lead to accumulation of products of lipids peroxidation and lower resistance. Levels of malonic dialdehyde as well as the antioxidant system (superoxide dismutase, catalase, alpha-tocopherol and retinol) in liver and tumor have been followed in 28 patients in whom liver was removed to treat malignant tumors. Liver and tumor tissue were shown to contain more dialdehyde and less superoxide dismutase and catalase than in the livers of accident victims. Treatment with alpha-tocoferol (600 mg), retinol (100,000 MU) and ascorbic acid (1.5 g) for 7 days before surgery was found to significantly reduce dialdehyde level in the liver. Also, the catalase level increased. Treatment with alpha-tocoferol and retinol resulted in their selective accumulation in the liver. No changes in lipid peroxidation or accumulation of alpha-tocoferol in tumor were recorded. Purulent and septic complications were 1.6 times less frequent after preoperative antioxidant treatment than in controls. It is recommended that said antioxidant treatment should be used to correct lipid peroxidation and to improve the effectiveness of therapy of liver cancer.
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Gorozhanskaia
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Patiutko
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Sagaidak
mesh_terms: D002759:Adenoma, Bile Duct / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014801:Vitamin A; D014810:Vitamin E
vernacular_title: Rol' al'fa-tokoferola i retinola v korrektsii narusheniĭ perekisnogo okisleniia lipidov bol'nykh so zlokachestvennymi opukholiami pecheni.