Nutritional Sciences
- Volume 3 Issue 1
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- Pages.36-41
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- 2000
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- 1229-232X(pISSN)
Effects of Multivitamin-Mineral Supplementation, at Nutritional Doses, on Plasma Antioxidant Status, Erythrocyte Antioxidant Enzyme Activities and Lipid Peroxidation during Pregnancy
- Park, Eunju (Institute of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna) ;
- Kang, Myung-Hee (Department of Food and Nutrition, Hannam University)
- Published : 2000.02.01
Abstract
The aim of this study was to evalute the effect of multivitamin-mineral supplementation during pregnancy on plasma levels of antioxidants, erythrocyte antioxidant enzyme activities, and lipid peroxidation. A controlled, semi-randomized, prospective trial was performed by comparing the supplement group, which received multivitamin-mineral tables once daily for 10 weeks, with the control group. Plasma levels of
Keywords
- pregnancy;
- multivitamin-mineral supplementation;
- plasma antioxidant;
- antioxidant enzymes;
- lipid peroxidation