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Cadenas S, Rojas C, Perez-Campo R, Lopez-Torres M, Barja G: Effect of dietary vitamin C and catalase inhibition of antioxidants and molecular markers of oxidative damage in guinea pigs. Free Radic Res. 1994 Aug;21(2):109-18.
Guinea pigs were fed for five weeks with two diets with different levels of vitamin C, low (33 mg of Vit C/Kg diet) and high (13,200 mg of Vit C/Kg of diet). Catalase was inhibited with 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole (AT) in half of the animals from each dietary group. AT caused an almost complete depletion of liver catalase activity (90%) in both dietary groups. Vitamin C supplementation increased total glutathione peroxidase activity and tissue vitamin C level and decreased levels of protein carbonyls and malondialdehyde (MDA) in both treated and non-treated animals. This vitamin C supplementation did not change any of the other antioxidant defences studied. Our results show that dietary vitamin C supplementation increases global antioxidant capacity and decreases endogenous oxidative damage in the guinea pig liver under normal non-stressful conditions. This supports the protective value of dietary antioxidant supplementation. |
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