[Lacrimal and salivary antioxidants in viral infection].

Abstract

The activities of antioxidant enzymes in the cornea and tears in patients with ophthalmic herpes and in the saliva in those with herpetic stomatitis were assessed. Impaired inhibition of hydroxy radical and a drop of antioxidant enzymes activities and of the level of ascorbic acid in herpes-infected cornea and tears are factors in the pathogenesis of ophthalmic herpes. Measurements of enzymatic activities in the tears and saliva in herpetic infection are a valuable diagnostic test and a criterion of treatment efficacy.

• Authors: N A Terekhina, Iu A Petrovich, R A Batueva, D Iu Sosnin, V A Vesna
• Journal: Klinicheskaia laboratornaia diagnostika (Klin Lab Diagn) Issue 1 Pg. 13-5 (Jan 1998) ISSN: 0869-2084 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• Vernacular Title: Antioksidanty slezy i sliuny pri virusnoĭ infektsii.
• PMID: 9532891 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antioxidants
• Peroxidases
• Catalase
• Glutathione Peroxidase
• Superoxide Dismutase
• Glutathione Reductase
• Ascorbic Acid

Topics

• Acute Disease
• Adult
• Animals
• Antioxidants (analysis)
• Ascorbic Acid (analysis)
• Catalase (analysis)
• Child
• Cornea (enzymology)
• Glutathione Peroxidase (analysis)
• Glutathione Reductase (analysis)
• Humans
• Keratitis, Herpetic (diagnosis, enzymology)
• Middle Aged
• Peroxidases (analysis)
• Rabbits
• Saliva (enzymology)
• Spectrophotometry
• Stomatitis, Herpetic (diagnosis, enzymology)
• Superoxide Dismutase (analysis)
• Tears (enzymology)