Antioxidant defense in centenarians (a preliminary study).

B Kłapcińska; J Derejczyk; K Wieczorowska-Tobis; A Sobczak; E Sadowska-Krepa; A Danch

doi:10.18388/abp.2000_4008

Antioxidant defense in centenarians (a preliminary study).

B Kłapcińska Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland. barbara@awf.katowice.pl;
J Derejczyk
K Wieczorowska-Tobis
A Sobczak
E Sadowska-Krepa
A Danch

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18388/abp.2000_4008

Abstract

The study was designed to assess the antioxidant defense mechanisms, either enzymatic or non-enzymatic, in a group of sixteen centenarians (one male and fifteen female subjects aged 101 to 105 years) living in the Upper Silesia district (Poland) in order to evaluate the potential role of antioxidant defenses in human longevity. The results of our preliminary study showed that in comparison with young healthy female adults the centenarians had significantly higher red blood cell glutathione reductase and catalase activities and higher, although insignificantly, serum vitamin E level.

Published

2000-06-30

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 2 (2000)

Section

Articles

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