BONE FORMATION MARKERS (N-TERMINAL PROPEPTIDE TYPE I PROCOLLAGEN, OSTEOCALCIN AND VITAMIN D) AS EARLY PREDICTORS OF OSTEOPOROSIS IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE.

The aim of the work was to find out whether markers of bone formation can be early predictors of osteoporosis in patients with COPD. The study involved 66 patients with COPD with disease duration from 10 to 30 years, age 53.59±12.

[Effect of tocopherol deficiency and additional administration of tocopherol, dibunol and disodium selenite on enzyme activity in rat liver, which take part in the biotransformation of nitrosodimethylamine].

The alimentary tocopherol deficiency is accompanied by decreased hydroxylase, demethylase, NADH- and NADPH-reductase, aldehyde dehydrogenase, arylesterase and glutathione reductase activity in rat's liver. It decreased the reduced glutathione and increased it's oxidized form concentration in the tocopherol deficient animals. The stability of microsomal membrane is decreased to solubilizing action of deoxycholate and trypsin.