Oxidative stress profile

Free radicals induced by pollution, imbalanced food, tobacco use, sun, excess of sport or a stressful life may damage DNA. On a longer term, inflammation and cancer may occur. Monitoring the equilibrium between those free radicals and the immune system capabilities to neutralize them is therefore paramount.

Oxidative stress profile includes the following tests: 

  • Total antioxidant status 
  • SOD 
  • Glutathione peroxide 
  • Zinc in RBCs 
  • Zinc in serum 
  • Copper 
  • Ratio Copper/Zinc in serum 
  • Manganese 
  • Vitamin A 
  • Vitamin E 
  • Vitamin C 
  • Ratio Vitamin E/ Cholesterol 
  • Coenzyme Q10 
  • Lipid peroxides 
  • Oxidized LDL 
  • Cholesterol 

Sample natures

  • 3 tubes of 1 ml serum each
  • 3 ml EDTA whole blood
  • 2 ml heparinized whole blood
  • 3 tubes of 1 ml serum each protected from light
  • 1 ml heparinized plasma protected from light under petroleum jelly
  • 1 ml EDTA plasma
  • Sample to be stored at + 4°C
  • Sample to be stored at frozen