title: Effect of short term vitamin E supplementation on lipid peroxidation in acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: In view of sufficient body of evidence to substantiate the role of free radical mediated oxidative injury in myocardial infarction (M.I.), the utility of exogenous supplementation with antioxidant substance, vitamin E was studied. Forty patients of acute myocardial infarction were divided into two equal groups, one who received vitamin E and the other who did not. Plasma MDA levels showed a reduction in patients of M.I. who received vitamin E as well as in those who did not, however, the decrease was significantly more in the vitamin E treated subgroup.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, 442102 Wardha.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: U N
authors.initials: UN
authors.lastname: Jajoo
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kalantri
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Srivastava
keywords: Lipid peroxidation; Myocardial infarction; Vitamin E