title: Oxidative stress and total antioxidant capacity in human plasma.
abstract: While several tools are already available for the separate measurement of the oxidant and antioxidant pools, a single, quick and easy method for determining total oxidative stress would be advantageous. In the present study, we compare the plasma of untreated patients with leukemia/solid gynecological tumors (n = 50) and current regular smokers (n = 50) with a smoking history of >or=10 cigarettes per day to the plasma of healthy blood donors. Standard tools were used to measure total oxidant status, ceruloplasmin activity, total antioxidant capacity, uric acid content and oxidative stress index. Oxidative stress was also evaluated using the controversial d-ROMs test, a commercial method of reactive oxygen species detection. Statistically significant differences between the smokers and the control group were detected for all of the biochemical parameters. Conversely, the differences in the cancer patients were not statistically significant for oxidative stress.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Università del Piemonte Orientale A. Avogadro, Alessandria, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buico
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cassino
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ravera
authors.forename: Pier-Giacomo
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Betta
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Osella
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000097:blood; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species