Multiple Sclerosis: Evaluation of Purine Nucleotide Metabolism in Central Nervous System in Association with Serum Levels of Selected Fat-Soluble Antioxidants

Table 3

Serum levels of some lipophilic antioxidants and TBARS (thiobarbituric acid reactive substances) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) compared with reference values.

	Reference values	MS (𝑛=42)	Outside the reference range
𝛾-tocopherol (μmol/L)	2–7	1.54±0.56	71.4% 30/42
𝛼-tocopherol (μmol/L)	15–40	22.84±5.65	0% 0/42
𝛾/𝛼-tocopherol	0.133–0.175	0.071±0.025	100% 42/42
𝛽-carotene (μmol/L)	0.3–3.0	0.64±0.48	28.6% 12/42
Coenzyme Q10 (μmol/L)	0.4–1.0	0.43±0.12	45.2% 19/42
TBARS (μmol/L)	<4.5	5.15±0.83	80.9% 34/42

The mean ± standard deviation is shown.