MCs Dalyla Alonso Rodriguez
Dr. Eduardo Agramonte Pina Provincial Pediatric Teaching Hospital,
Camaguey
Cuba
Research Article
Mangifera indica Extract (Vimang) Restored the Redox Balance in Type-1 Diabetic Patients
Author(s): MCs Dalyla Alonso Rodriguez, Dra Ela Moreno Tellez, Frank E Medina Ali and Dra Idalia Sanchez MorellMCs Dalyla Alonso Rodriguez, Dra Ela Moreno Tellez, Frank E Medina Ali and Dra Idalia Sanchez Morell
In diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis is early, rapid, and widespread, affecting the dyslipoproteinemia secondary to hyperglycemia, lipoproteins glycosylation produced changes, making them more atherogenic and generate free radicals that cause apoprotein oxidation of lipids and macromolecules nearby, we decided to evaluated the presence of oxidative stress in children with Diabetes mellitus type-1 and demonstrated the need for antioxidants as part of drug therapy of this disease. Thirty ambulatory patients of Endocrinology were selected between 6 to 12 years of age, who had been suffering from Diabetes mellitus type-I since 3 years ago. Under their informed consent of the selected group the seric levels of antioxidant was tested: uric acid, vitamin C, bilirrubin, ceruloplasmin, albumin and cholesterol, LDL- cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, oxidized LDL, V.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-1009.1000107