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[Immunomodulating and antioxidant effects of vitamins A and E during air and immersion cooling]
B S Uteshev1, N A Bystrova, I L Brovkina
1Pharmacology Department, State Medical University, ul. Ostrovityanova 1, Moscow, 117437 Russia.
Eksperimental'Naia I Klinicheskaia Farmakologiia
|September 8, 2001
Abstract:
An important factor in the immunosuppression development on cooling is the increase in lipid peroxidation rate in the cell membranes. It was found that vitamins A and E possess a high immunomodulating and antioxidant activity under the acute cold-induced stress conditions. Administration of these vitamins is expedient for patients suffered from cooling in air of by immersion.
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