[Vitamin E and its structural analogs in tuberculosis]

Ukr Biokhim Zh (1978). 1991 Sep-Oct;63(5):83-8.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Efficiency of tocopherol, its analog with a shortened side chain as well as their quinons for tuberculosis was determined. All the studied compounds inhibited peroxide-formation processes in the liver homogenate and mitochondria. The vitamin E amount in the blood is considerably decreased in case of tuberculosis. The studied analogs increased its content and possessed a weak tuberculostatic but expressed antiedemic and antiinflammatory action. Administration of vitamin E in combination with isoniazid to sick animals had a favourable effect on the processes of tissue respiration and oxidative phosphorylation. If taking a sum of characters, tocopherol acetate with a shortened side chain is the most efficient of all the analogs under study for the tuberculosis therapy.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Isoniazid / therapeutic use
  • Liver / drug effects
  • Mitochondria, Liver / drug effects
  • Oxidative Phosphorylation / drug effects
  • Oxygen Consumption / drug effects
  • Quinones / therapeutic use*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / drug therapy*
  • Vitamin E / analogs & derivatives
  • Vitamin E / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Quinones
  • Vitamin E
  • Isoniazid