Author/Authors :
Hamidi Alamdari, Daryoush Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry - Faculty of Medicine - Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad , Parizadeh, Seyyed Mohmmad Reza Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry - Faculty of Medicine - Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad , Safarian, Mohammad Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry - Faculty of Medicine - Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad , Sabery Karimian, Maryam Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry - Faculty of Medicine - Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad , Nobakht M. G, B. Fatemeh Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry - Faculty of Medicine - Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad , Koliakos, George Department of Biological Chemistry - Medical School - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Thessaloniki, Greece , Ordoudi, Stella A. Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece , Nenadis, Nikolaos Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece , Tsimidou, Maria Z. Department of Chemistry - Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract :
Objective(s)
Comparison of prooxidant-antioxidant balance (PAB) assay with crocin assay.
Materials and Methods
Twenty eight serum samples were chosen, PAB and the total antioxidant capacity were measured by PAB
assay and crocin, respectively, and the correlation of both assays, along with their correlation with other
clinical and biochemical parameters, were determined.
Results
A significant negative correlation was established between PAB assay and crocin assay. Also a significant
negative correlation was established between PAB and uric acid and creatinine.
Conclusion
The results showed that by increasing the total antioxidant capacity, which is showed by crocin, the PAB
shifts in favor of antioxidants, which is showed by PAB assay. Now, it could be considered that the PAB,
along with other risk factors, might help in the prediction of the risk for cardiovascular events; and further
research could clarify whether by application of PAB assay and appropriate interventions for correcting
oxidative stress, progression of the cardiovascular disease could be reduced.
