Selenium Content and Glutathione Peroxidase Activity in the Plasma and Erythrocytes of Non-pregnant and Pregnant Women
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in cclm
- Vol. 17 (3), 133-136
- https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm.1979.17.3.133
Abstract
Decreases in the glutathione peroxidase activity and in the selenium content were found in the plasma of pregnant women as compared with a control group. In the erythrocytes, both parameters remained unchanged. In both groups a fraction of about 0.90 of the glutathione peroxidase in the blood, was contained in the erythrocytes, whereas the selenium was nearly evenly distributed between plasma and red blood cells. A positive correlation existed between the total amount of selenium in the erythrocytes and that in the plasma.Keywords
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