title: The Evaluation of Micronutrients and Oxidative Stress and their Relationship with the Lipid Profile in Healthy adults.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Micronutrients are nutrients which are required by humans and other living beings throughout life in small quantities, to orchestrate a whole range of physiological functions, which the organism itself cannot produce. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to evaluate the status of the micronutrients, oxidative stress, and the lipid profile in healthy adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present study was conducted after getting the institutional ethical clearance and informed written consents from all the participants. The estimation of copper and zinc was done by the atomic absorption spectrophotometer method,the total antioxidant status was assessed by the phosphomolybdenum method, MDA was evaluated by the Malondialdehyde method, total cholesterol was evaluated by the CHOD-POD method, HDL-cholesterol was evaluated by the precipitation end point method, and total triglycerides were evaluated by the GPO-POD method. The data was analysed by one way ANOVA, followed by Pearson's correlation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We observed significantly increased (p <0.0001) copper and zinc levels in males and females as the age advanced, significantly increased (p <0.01) MDA and TAS levels, significantly declined (p <0.04) total triglyceride levels in adults, significantly declined (p <0.05) HDL levels and significantly declined (p = 0.04) VLDL levels in adults as the age advanced, in both the sexes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The increase in the levels of the micronutrients may have a direct correlation with the oxidative status as the age advances.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Father Muller Medical College , Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Narasimha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rai K
authors.forename: N Suchetha
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Kumari
authors.forename: Damodara
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gowda Km
authors.forename: Swathi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kr
keywords: Atomic absorption spectrophotometer; Lipid profile; Micronutrients; Oxidative stress