Effect of vitamin E and C supplements on lipid peroxidation and GSH-dependent antioxidant enzyme status in the blood of women consuming oral contraceptives

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• 作者：Fatemeh Zal^a ; ^b ; Zohreh Mostafavi-Pour^c ; ^d ; ^{zmostafavipour88@yahoo.co.uk} ; Fatemeh Amini^c ; Afrooz Heidari^e
• 关键词：Oral contraceptives ; Vitamin supplementation ; Glutathione peroxidase ; Glutathione reductase
• 刊名：Contraception
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：71_00107824
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：July, 2012
• 卷：86
• 期：1
• 页码：62-66
• 文件大小：416 K

摘要

Background

Oral contraceptives (OCs) may affect oxidative stress status. We aimed to assess whether supplementation with vitamins E and C reduced this OC effect.

Study Design

One hundred twenty healthy female individuals were divided into three groups: A, control; B, untreated OCU (OC users); and C, treated OCU (OC users with vitamin E and C supplementation). In all cases, plasma glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and glutathione reductase (GR) activities and malondialdehyde (MDA) level were determined.

Results

Significant increases were found in the plasma MDA level, and activities of GPx and GR in plasma were decreased in Group B compared to the control group. Supplementation with vitamin C and E significantly increased the activity of GPx and GR activity, and reduced plasma MDA levels in Group C (p<.05).

Conclusions

These data suggest that low-dose OCs, by enhancing the stress oxidative and lipid peroxidation, may represent a potential cardiovascular risk factor, and the use of vitamins E and C may be beneficial in ameliorating this side effect of OCs.