Lipid peroxidation levels and total oxidant status in serum, saliva and gingival crevicular fluid in patients with chronic periodontitis

Alev Akalın, Ferda; Baltacıoğlu, Esra; Alver, Ahmet; Karabulut, Erdem

doi:10.1111/j.1600-051x.2007.01091.x

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Lipid peroxidation levels and total oxidant status in serum, saliva and gingival crevicular fluid in patients with chronic periodontitis

Published in Journal Of Clinical Periodontology • May 3, 2007

Authors:

Ferda Alev Akalın

Esra Baltacıoğlu

Ahmet Alver

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Increased levels of reactive oxygen species lead to oxidative stress. Recent data suggest increased lipid peroxidation (LPO) levels and oxidative stress in periodontitis. Malondialdehyde (MDA), a significant LPO product, increases in oxidative stress. In this study, MDA levels and total ...

Subject

Saliva

Medicine

Periodontitis

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