Evidence for the participation of the stimulated sympathetic nervous system in the regulation of carnitine blood levels of soccer players during a game.

Catecholamines and carnitine blood levels are closely implicated with training. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of sympathetic nervous system stimulation on carnitine and its fraction levels during training. Blood was obtained from 14 soccer players pregame, at intermission, and postgame.

Maternal-neonatal amino acid blood levels in relation to the mode of delivery.

Objective: To investigate the effect of the mode of delivery on maternal-neonatal amino acid levels as high blood levels of some amino acids are implicated with endurance exercise.

Design: Comparative study.

Sample: Thirty women in normal pregnancy divided into two groups: Group A (n=15) with normal labor and vaginal delivery and group B (n=15) with scheduled cesarean section.

The effect of the mode of delivery on maternal-neonatal interleukin-6, biogenic amine and their precursor amino acid concentrations.

Background: Biogenic amine, adrenaline, noradrenaline, dopamine and 5-hydroxy-tryptamine (5-HT) levels are related to interleukin-6 (IL-6) plasma concentrations and endurance exercise. The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of the mode of delivery on maternal-neonatal IL-6, biogenic amine and their precursor amino acid levels.

Methods: Some women with normal pregnancy (n=56) were divided into two groups: group A (n=26) with normal labor and vaginal delivery, and group B (n=30) with scheduled cesarean section.

The effect of the mode of delivery on the maternal-neonatal carnitine blood levels and antioxidant status.

Background: Carnitine blood levels are closely related to beta-oxidation and implicated with strenuous muscle contractions. Normal delivery process is characterized by the participation of the uterus and most skeletal muscles.

Methods: Women with normal pregnancy (n = 56) were divided into two groups.

The effect of diet on Paraoxonase 1/Arylesterase activities in patients with disorders of galactose metabolism.

Objective: To investigate the effects of diet on the antiatherogenic enzyme Paraoxonase 1/Arylesterase (PON1/Aryl) activities in patients with disorders of galactose metabolism.

Patients And Methods: Eleven poorly dietary controlled children with classical galactosaemia (GALT deficiency), 7 with epimerase deficiency and 12 with duarte 1 variant 'off diet' underwent clinical and laboratory investigations before and after 10 days on galactose restricted diet whereas controls (N = 20) were examined once. Serum lipids, lipoproteins and apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) were measured with routine methods, PON1/Aryl activities and total antioxidant status (TAS) spectrophotometrically, and galactose-1-phosphate (Gal-1-P) enzymatically.