A New Approach to Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Signaling during Labour in Healthy Mothers and Neonates

Table 2

Oxidative stress biomarkers in plasma and erythrocyte from mothers (before and after delivery) and from both vein and artery of umbilical cord.

	Mothers ( = 56)		Umbilical cord ( = 56)
	Before delivery	After delivery	Vein	Artery
Plasma parameters
TAS (nmol/mL)	1.06 ± 0.03^a	0.98 ± 0.03^b	0.96 ± 0.02^b	1.07 ± 0.03^a
Peroxides (nmol/mL)	9.93 ± 0.42^a	11.11 ± 0.38^b	7.89 ± 0.82^c	6.70 ± 0.24^d
Erythrocyte parameters
CAT cytosol (K/seg⋅mg)	0.389 ± 0.021^a	0.403 ± 0.016^a	0.287 ± 0.011^b	0.269 ± 0.009^b
GPx cytosol (U/mg)	55.18 ± 2.87^a	64.93 ± 2.67^b	32.91 ± 1.06^c	33.17 ± 1.21^c
SOD cytosol (U/mg)	215.56 ± 9.01^a	221.73 ± 8.23^a	233.89 ± 6.96^a	220.39 ± 7.89^a
Membrane hydroperoxides (nmol/mL)	22.83 ± 1.13^a	26.87 ± 1.38^b	25.91 ± 0.99^b	22.58 ± 0.95^a

Values are mean ± SEM. For every column, mean values with different superscript letters were significantly different ( < 0.05).