Parallel investigation of serum antioxidant power and biochemical parameters

The potential harmful reactive oxygen species are being constantly produced during normal aerobic metabolism and are safely removed by variety of biological antioxidants. The antioxidant power of serum and amount of lipid oxidation products were determined in sera of 166 apparently healthy males. Serum antioxidant capacity was determined as ferric reducing ability/antioxidant capacity (FRAP assay). The formation of lipid oxidation products was evaluated as thiobarbitueric acid reactive species serum test (TBARS).