Antioxidant Strategies and Respiratory Disease of the Preterm Newborn: An Update

Table 3

Content of AOEs and nonenzymatic antioxidants of natural surfactants.

	Poractant	Beractant	Bovactant	Calfactant
Doses
mg of PLs/Kg	200	100	100	100
mL of surfactant/Kg	2.5	4	2.2	2.86
SOD
U/mg of PLs	0.396	0.474	0.027	0.383
U/mL of surfactant	31.7	11.9	1.21	13.4
U/dose per Kg	73.3	47.6	2.6	38.3
CAT
nmol/min/mL of PLs	0.81	2.60	1.58	3.23
nmol/min/mL of surfactant	64.80	65.00	71.10	113.10
U/dose per Kg	149.80	260.00	157.80	323.50
Plasmalogens
mol % of totalPLs	3.8±0.1	1.5±0.2	0.9±0.3	n.a.
PUPLs
mol % of totalPLs	26±1	6±1	11±1	n.a.

PLs: phospholipids, PUPLs: polyunsaturated phospholipids, n.a.: not available.