PLASMA-LEVELS OF RETINOL, ASCORBIC-ACID AND ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL IN HUMANMALARIA WITH PARASITEMIA

Authors
ESSIEN EU
Citation
Eu. Essien, PLASMA-LEVELS OF RETINOL, ASCORBIC-ACID AND ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL IN HUMANMALARIA WITH PARASITEMIA, Discovery and innovation, 9(1-2), 1997, pp. 11-13
Citations number
19
Journal title
Discovery and innovation → ACNP
ISSN journal
1015079X
Volume
9
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
11 - 13
Database
ISI
SICI code
1015-079X(1997)9:1-2<11:PORAAA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Plasma levels of retinol, ascorbic acid and alpha-tocopherol in malari a infection were determined. The plasma concentrations of retinol, asc orbic acid and alpha-tocopherol were significantly depressed in malari a (P < 0.01). The depletion in the levels of these anti-infective and antioxidant vitamins in the plasma of malaria patients may account for some of the observed manifestations of malaria infection.