Effect of tetrahydrobiopterin on lipid peroxidation in hypercholesterol rabbits / 第二军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

This paper is to observe the effect of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH 4) on lipid peroxidation in hypercholesterol rabbits.A total of 24 rabbits were randomly divided into 4 groupsnormal diet(group A),BH 4 plus hypercholesterol diet(group B),VitE plus hypercholesterol diet(group C) and hypercholesterol diet(group D). After 30 d,serum total cholesterol(TC), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malondialdehyde (MDA) were determined.The amount of TC in group A was lower than that in other groups( P