Table 2: Effect of Plasmodium falciparum malaria on some antioxidants parameters of the study subjects.
Antioxidants |
Infected subjects (n = 72) |
Control subjects (n = 40) |
Vitamin A (mg/dl) |
80.384 ± 1.391* |
94.609 ± 1.161* |
Vitamin C (mg/dl) |
81.505 ± 1.844* |
97.038 ± 1.360* |
Vitamin E (mg/dl) |
79.847 ± 2.074* |
95.892 ± 0.822* |
GSH (mg/dl) |
42.540 ± 1.103* |
56.442 ± 1.856* |
MDA (nmol/L) |
68.901 ± 4.819* |
43.553 ± 5.059* |
n: number of sample, GSH: Reduced Glutathione, MDA: Malondialdehyde
Values are expressed as Mean ± SEM. Values with the same superscript in the same row are significantly different (P < 0.05).