Antioxidants and Vitamines

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Centrophenoxine - formerly known as Lucidril increases the brain's use of glucose and improves brain energy levels. It also removes a potassium build up in the brain, heart, lung and skin cells, and is vital for the efficient communication of a cell to transfer potassium and sodium across its membranes. Centrophenoxine has shown an ability to remove the visible signs of excessive potassium build up - age or liver spots.

BACKGROUND: Oxygen free radicals have been implicated as mediators of tissue damage in patients of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study was designed to elucidate plasma oxidant/antioxidant status in rheumatoid arthritis, with the aim of evaluating the importance of antioxidant therapy in the management of this disease. METHODS: The study included 40 patients of rheumatoid arthritis who were randomly divided into two subgroups of 20 each. One group received conventional treatment for 12 weeks and in the other group conventional treatment was supplemented with antioxidants for the same duration. Twenty age- and sex-matched normal individuals constituted the control group. Blood samples of controls and patients were collected at the time of presentation and analyzed for total thiols, glutathione, vitamin C and malondialdehyde (MDA-marker of oxidative stress). The investigations were repeated in the patients after 12 weeks. RESULTS: The blood concentrations of total thiols, glutathione and vitamin C were found to be significantly lower in rheumatoid arthritis patients as compared to healthy controls, while the concentrations of MDA were much higher. There was a statistically significant increase in the posttreatment concentrations of these antioxidants, along with a decrease in the concentrations of MDA. CONCLUSIONS: The antioxidant defense system is compromised in rheumatoid arthritis patients. There is a shift in the oxidant/antioxidant balance in favor of lipid peroxidation, which could lead to the tissue damage observed in the disease. The results suggest the necessity for therapeutic co-administration of antioxidants along with conventional drugs to such patients. However, due to the limited number of cases included in this study, more studies may be required to substantiate the results and arrive at a definite conclusion, in terms of safety and efficacy of adding on antioxidant therapy for the treatment of RA.

Eur J Cancer Prev. 1997 Mar;6 Suppl 1:S37-42.
High-risk subjects for vitamin deficiency.
Filiberti R, Giacosa A, Brignoli O.
National Institute for Cancer Research, Genoa, Italy.

Chronic deficiency of various vitamins can influence the occurrence of some chronic degenerative diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular pathology, cataract, arthritis, disorders of the nervous system and photosensitivity. Similarly, vitamin intake can influence various disorders in infants and elderly people, in burns and in subjects following unbalanced diets or undergoing strenuous physical exercise. Among vitamins, beta-carotene, vitamin E and vitamin C have received most attention, particularly in the prevention of oxidative damage from free radicals. It is supposed that each vitamin plays a different role in the pathogenesis of various diseases, depending on the type of damage relevant to a specific disease. Results from different studies are still far from conclusive and the effects on longevity are not well defined. In industrialized countries, vitamin deficiencies seem to be related only to specific and clearly identifiable groups in the population: therefore, at the moment, it seems more advisable to target vitamin supplementation at risk groups.

We assessed the contribution of culinary and medicinal herbs to the total intake of dietary antioxidants. Our results demonstrate that there is more than a 1000-fold difference among antioxidant concentrations of various herbs. Of the dried culinary herbs tested, oregano, sage, peppermint, garden thyme, lemon balm, clove, allspice and cinnamon as well as the Chinese medicinal herbs Cinnamomi cortex and Scutellariae radix all contained very high concentrations of antioxidants (i.e., >75 mmol/100 g). In a normal diet, intake of herbs may therefore contribute significantly to the total intake of plant antioxidants, and be an even better source of dietary antioxidants than many other food groups such as fruits, berries, cereals and vegetables. In addition, the herbal drug, Stronger Neo-Minophagen C, a glycyrrhizin preparation used as an intravenous injection for the treatment of chronic hepatitis, boosts total antioxidant intake. It is tempting to speculate that several of the effects due to these herbs are mediated by their antioxidant activities.