Lipid peroxidation and antioxidants in chronic liver disease in children

ABSTRACT

Background: Oxidant stress is defined as either an overproduction of free radicals or diminution in antioxidant defenses. Determination of lipid peroxide products is used as a measure of oxygen radical activation. Vitamin E [alpha- tocopherol], a nutritional antioxidant, blocks the chain reaction of lipid peroxidation