Ubiquinol Improves Symptoms in Children with Autism

Table 2

Effect of ubiquinol on TBARS and antioxidants in plasma of children with autism (in µmol/L).

	Reference values	Baseline values	Ubiquinol (3 months)
TBARS	<4.50	4.380±0.153	4.200±0.241
γ-Tocopherol	2.00–7.00	1.625±0.160	1.927±0.304
α-Tocopherol	15–40	17.98±0.920	19.14±0.872
β-Carotene	0.30–3.00	0.983±0.164	0.804±0.129
CoQ10-TOTAL	0.40–1.00	0.512±0.164	3.016 ± 0.307*

µmol/L: micromol/liter; TBARS: thiobarbituric acids reactive substances; γ-tocopherol: gamma-tocopherol; α-tocopherol: alpha-tocopherol; CoQ_10-TOTAL (ubiquinol + ubiquinone); data are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean; ^∗𝑃<0.0001.