RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOCOPHEROL AND SERUM-LIPID LEVELS FOR DETERMINATION OF NUTRITIONAL ADEQUACY
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOCOPHEROL AND SERUM-LIPID LEVELS FOR DETERMINATION OF NUTRITIONAL ADEQUACY
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1972.tb27878.x
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发表时间:
1972-01-01
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
SEARCY, MT
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作者:
HORWITT, MK;HARVEY, CC;SEARCY, MT
The purpose of this paper is to show that current interpretations of the status of vitamin E nutrition from blood level data are inadequate, and to suggest a means of remedying the situation.It has been known for some time that the serum level of cholesterol can be related to the level of the total tocopherol in the se~ um.~-~ More recently, the relationship of serum tocopherol to serum lipoproteins and other lipid fractions has been reported by several laboratories." Since changes not related to the amounts of vitamin E ingested can occur in the blood levels of the tocopherols when other factors such as age, pregnancy, protein deficiency, and a variety of disease states cause changes in the blood lipids, one is faced with the fact that a determination of the serum tocopherol may give erroneous information about the level of tocopherol in the tissues. Furthermore, since only about 1% of the total body tocopherol may be in the blood, and the peroxide hemolysis test is largely dependent on the level of tocopherols in the blood, even this test of the relative susceptibility of the erythrocyte to oxidation may lose its usefulness unless the blood lipid levels are known. This report will confirm and examine those aspects of the serum lipid-tocopherol relationships that provide information from which a numerical statement of relative tocopherol nutrition may be derived. The data presented are divided into five sections. First, data from a previous study, designed for a different purpose, will show the changes that occurred when patients who were fed diets in which their tocopherol intake were controlled were given triiodothyronine (T3). The second section describes experiments with rats whose lipids were increased by a combination of drugs and dietary means, in order to determine how much one can elevate the serum levels of tocopherol by increasing the blood lipid levels. A third section illustrates the changes observed during studies of infants recovering from protein-calorie malnutrition while they were fed controlled diets that contained relatively low levels of tocopherol. The fourth section includes data on the analysis of plasma from a variety of patients, at various ages from birth to maturity, to illustrate the range of data that can be obtained. The fifth section compares the data obtained from mother and child at the time of birth.