ASSESSSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOME TRACE ELEMENT AND ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES IN CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MALNUTRITION
Abstract
Assessment of the relationship between some trace elements and antioxidant enzymes was carried out on 30 children with protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) and 30 age- and sex-matched apparently healthy children (control). The malnourished children involve those with Marasmus, Kwashiorkor and Marasmic-kwashiorkor. Venous blood (2ml) was collected from both PEM children and control for biochemical analysis using standard methods. Results obtained show that mean serum total protein (55.02±4.18) and albumin (26.10±2.65) levels and superoxide dismutase (SOD) (1.85±0.30) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) (42.10±4.85) activities in malnourished children were significantly lower (p
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