title: Blood cells as functional markers of antioxidant vitamin status.
abstract: Antioxidants have shown beneficial effects in several biological systems, in which they were able to prevent oxidative stress-associated damage. Vitamins C and E are key antioxidants in man. Dietary intake cannot accurately reflect plasma vitamin levels. However, the plasma levels of antioxidant vitamins could also reflect the acute assimilation of these vitamins. It has been pointed out that antioxidant vitamin blood contents reach a saturation level by intake of dietary supplements. Antioxidant vitamin plasma levels are the parameter most used to determine antioxidant status. However, the vitamin plasma levels may not reflect the nutritional status of vitamins. It has been pointed out that the vitamin E in adipose tissue can be used as a measure of vitamin E status. To determinate antioxidant vitamin contents in lymphocytes and neutrophils after exercise is a useful tool to assess the functional status of antioxidant vitamins.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Physical Activity Sciences, Community Nutrition and Oxidative Stress Research Group (IUNICS), University of the Balearic Islands, Guillem Colom Building, Campus, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain. pep.tur@uib.es
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tur-Marí
authors.forename: Antoni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sureda
authors.forename: Antoni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pons
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D001628:Beverages; D001682:Biological Availability; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D018384:Oxidative Stress
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants