Markers of redox imbalance in the blood of hypertensive patients of a community in Northeastern Brazil

• Published in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia Vol. 97; no. 2; pp. 141 - 147
• Main Authors: Vasconcelos, Sandra Mary Lima, Goulart, Marília Oliveira Fonseca, Silva, Maria Alayde Mendonça da, Manfredini, Vanusa, Benfato, Mara da Silveira, Rabelo, Luiza Antas, Fontes, Gilberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese; Spanish
• Published: Brazil 01.08.2011
• Subjects: Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use; Antioxidants - analysis; Antioxidants - metabolism; Biomarkers - blood; Brazil; Catalase - blood; Epidemiologic Methods; Female; Glutathione - blood; Humans; Hypertension - blood; Hypertension - drug therapy; Male; Malondialdehyde - blood; Middle Aged; Oxidation-Reduction; Oxidative Stress - drug effects; Oxidative Stress - physiology; Brazil

Recent studies describe the participation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in hypertension. To identify the redox imbalance in the blood of hypertensive. Superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione (GSH), vitamin C, transferrin, ceruloplasmin, malondi...