Ozone and Vitamin E

Vitamin E deficiency in rats is associated with a greater susceptibility to lethal levels of ozone. Exposure of rats to sublethal ozone concentrations produces an accelerated decline in serum vitamin E levels. These findings are consistent with the possibility that lipid peroxidation is a mechanism...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1970-08, Vol.169 (3945), p.605-606
Main Authors: Goldstein, Bernard D., Buckley, Ramon D., Cardenas, Ramon, Balchum, Oscar J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Air Pollution
Animals
Antioxidants - metabolism
Biochemistry
Diet
Lipid Metabolism
Lipids
Lung Diseases
Lungs
Ozone
Ozone - toxicity
Peroxides - metabolism
Rats
Trajectory control
Unsaturated fatty acids
Vitamin E
Vitamin E - blood
Vitamin E - metabolism
Vitamin E deficiency
Vitamin E Deficiency - complications
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Summary:Vitamin E deficiency in rats is associated with a greater susceptibility to lethal levels of ozone. Exposure of rats to sublethal ozone concentrations produces an accelerated decline in serum vitamin E levels. These findings are consistent with the possibility that lipid peroxidation is a mechanism of ozone toxicity.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.169.3945.605