TITLE:
Alterations in Antioxidant Vitamins in Bronchial Asthma and Its Correlation with Spirometry
AUTHORS:
Syed Hafeezul Hassan, Iftikhar Ahmad, Rubina Ghani, Muhammed Sarwar
KEYWORDS:
Vitamins E and C; Bronchial Asthma; Spirometry
JOURNAL NAME:
Pharmacology & Pharmacy,
Vol.4 No.2,
April
11,
2013
ABSTRACT: Bronchial asthma may result in oxidant/antioxidant imbalance. Antioxidant vitamins E and C concentrations were estimated in plasma of asthmatics that were also simultaneously subjected to spirometry and matched with healthy controls showing significant changes in both the vitamin concentrations. Vitamin C showed strong correlation whereas vitamin E was not correlated with spirometry.