Vitamin E Status in Sudanese Children with Protein-energy Malnutrition

Overview

Journal Z Ernahrungswiss

Specialty Nutritional Sciences

Date 1990 Mar 1

PMID 2110395

Citations 2

Authors

H M Ahmed

M D Laryea

E O El-Amin

B Biggemann

M Leichsenring

E Mayatepek

H J Bremer

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Abstract

Total tocopherols and alpha-tocopherols were estimated in the plasma of children with severe malnutrition (14 marasmus; 11 marasmic kwashiorkor; five kwashiorkor) and related to the total plasma lipids and different plasma lipid classes. If the mere plasma concentrations were taken as an index of the vitamin E status, five children with marasmus, five children with marasmic kwashiorkor, and two children with kwashiorkor would have been regarded as deficient (less than 500 micrograms/dl). However, if total tocopherols and alpha-tocopherols were related to the total plasma lipids, all malnourished children--except one--showed values within the limits found in healthy American children. The study shows that low tocopherol/lipid ratios are not a constant feature in severely malnourished children.

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