ABSTRACT
Twenty six healthy males, 60-70 years old, having the same vitamin C nutritional status detected by saturation test were selected for this study. They were divided into 4 groups and supplemented orally with various amounts of vitamin C for 15 days. The intake of each group was 59, 94, 149 and 223 ing/day per capita respectively. After comparing the vitamin C contents of 4-hour saturation test urine and early morning 1 hour fasting urine at the end of the experiment, it seems that the optimal daily requirement for the elderly is about 95 mg, and the saturated daily requirement is a little higher than 223 mg.
ABSTRACT
The age-related changes of serum lipid peroxide (LPO), RBC supero-xide dismutase activity (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase activity (GSH-Px), Cu, Zn and Se of blood were observed in 217 normal male persons aged 6~82. It was found that LPO increased significantly with age and SOD, GSH-Px decreased significantly in the elderly (60-70yrs). Blood Zn, Cu and Zn/Cu were highest in the childhood and lowest in the elderly. No significant change of Se with age was observed.The stepwise regression analysis showed that the factors influencing aging mainly were LPO and GSH-Px. It seems that LPO can be used as an indicator of aging.LPO was positively but GSH-Px, SOD, Zn and Cu negatively correlated with aging.