Bleomycin‐detectable iron in the plasma of premature and full‐term neonates
- 1 June 1992
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 303 (2-3), 210-212
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(92)80521-h
Abstract
The bleomycin assay measures non-transferrin-bound iron, able to catalyze free radical reactions, in human plasma. No bleomycin-detectable iron is present in plasma from healthy adults. However, plasma from 3/15 premature babies was positive in this assay. Plasma from 52 apparently-healthy term babies was analyzed and 11 were positive in the bleomycin assay. Hence not only some premature but also some full-term apparently-healthy babies may be at risk of severe oxidative damageKeywords
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