Nitric oxide and antioxidant enzymes in venous and cord blood of late preterm and term Omani mothers

Clifford Abiaka; Lovina Machado

Nitric oxide and antioxidant enzymes in venous and cord blood of late preterm and term Omani mothers

Clifford Abiaka^*, Lovina Machado

^*Corresponding author for this work

Obstetrics & Gynecology

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Abstract

Objectives: This study assessed the role of oxidative stress in parturition in Omani mothers following growing reports that late preterm neonates were at greater risk than term neonates of perinatal death. Methods: Venous blood samples were collected during labour, and cord (neonatal) blood samples were taken after childbirth in late preterm and term from women at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman. Plasma nitric oxide (NO) concentrations, erythrocyte catalase (CAT). Erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activities were measured using spectrophotometric methods. Results: When compared with term mothers, late preterm mothers had markedly higher NO concentrations (μmol/L) 17.1 ± 3.3 versus 11.0 ± 5.5 (P

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	300-305
Number of pages	6
Journal	Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
Volume	12
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Catalase
Glutathione peroxidase
Late preterm birth
Neonates
Nitric oxide
Oman
Oxidative stress
Term birth

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine(all)

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