Authors' introduction:
The aim of the study is to assess the role of saliva as a diagnostic tool for measurement of total antioxidant capacity in children with leprosy and children born to leprosy parent. One hundred fifty children in the age group of 4-15 years were split into three equal groups: children with leprosy (CL) and children born to leprotic parents (CLP) and healthy children. Vitamin C level was measured in saliva of children spectrophotometrically at 695nm by Phosphomolybdenum method. Data were determined with student's unpaired t test and one way ANOVA. The result of the study showed that children with leprosy exhibited significantly decreased salivary total antioxidant capacity as compared to healthy controls. Antioxidant Vitamin C was higher in the Paucibacillary leprosy (PB) than those of Multibacillary type (MB) (P < 0.001). As age advanced, there was a gradual increase in total antioxidant capacity in both the control and study groups and the results were highly significant statistically. Saliva is an easy medium.
BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26591846?dopt=Abstract
IS - 1 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -Authors' introduction:
The aim of the study is to assess the role of saliva as a diagnostic tool for measurement of total antioxidant capacity in children with leprosy and children born to leprosy parent. One hundred fifty children in the age group of 4-15 years were split into three equal groups: children with leprosy (CL) and children born to leprotic parents (CLP) and healthy children. Vitamin C level was measured in saliva of children spectrophotometrically at 695nm by Phosphomolybdenum method. Data were determined with student's unpaired t test and one way ANOVA. The result of the study showed that children with leprosy exhibited significantly decreased salivary total antioxidant capacity as compared to healthy controls. Antioxidant Vitamin C was higher in the Paucibacillary leprosy (PB) than those of Multibacillary type (MB) (P < 0.001). As age advanced, there was a gradual increase in total antioxidant capacity in both the control and study groups and the results were highly significant statistically. Saliva is an easy medium.
PY - 2015 SP - 17 EP - 21 T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - Saliva as a Diagnostic Tool for Measurement of Total Antioxidant Capacity in Children with Leprosy and Born to Leprosy Parent. VL - 87 SN - 0254-9395 ER -