[Age-dependent status of the antioxidant system of rat tissues under the effect of short-term vibration]

Oxidation of low molecular thiols and ascorbic acid, alterations in superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione reductase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activities were observed in erythrocytes and tissues of rats after short-term total vertical vibration. The rate of alterations found depended on the initial state of the antioxidative system components as well as on the vibration duration. The most pronounced impairments of the antioxidative system were detected in blood and nervous system of old animals in which the initial level of the antioxidative system functional activity was minimal.