Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
The Effect of FAD on Erythrocyte Glutathione Reductase Activity in Undialyzed Uremic Patients and Healthy Subjects
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Abstract
The eryrocyte glutathione reductase (GSSG-R) activity with and without FAD supplementation (Act. A and Act B, respectively) was studied in 24 undialyzed uremic patients and 25 healty subjects. Mean erytrocyte GSSG-R activity from normal subjects was 5039+-1.43 U/g Hb (the active form). After the addition of FAD to the hemolysates, this increased to 7.79+-1.07 U/g Hb, an increase of 1.88+-0.84 U/g Hb (the inactive from) (p
Keywords
Anemia, FAD, Glutathione Reductase, Riboflavin, Uremia
First Page
71
Last Page
74
Recommended Citation
ARI, Zeki; UYANIK, Bekir Sami; YİĞİTOĞLU, M. Ramazan; KUTLU, Necip; and PİRİM, İbrahim (1997) "The Effect of FAD on Erythrocyte Glutathione Reductase Activity in Undialyzed Uremic Patients and Healthy Subjects," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 27: No. 1, Article 16. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol27/iss1/16