[Free-radical oxidation in patients with stage-II hypertension]

Free-radical oxidation was studied in 40 patients with hypertension stage II. The oxidation was found activated as blood and red cell levels of dien, trien conjugates, malon dialdehyde increased. The antioxidant protection was depressed: catalase, glutathione reductase activity reduced as did alpha-tocopherol deposits. This led to a growth of cerebral BB-creatine phosphatase and, consequently, to impairment of cerebral membranes.