Description
An overproduction of oxygen radicals or insufficient antioxidative capacity leads to a dangerous imbalance in the organism.
This imbalance sets in motion pathological mechanisms that are the indirect or direct cause of a variety of diseases. The most important disease is the cardiovascular arteriosclerosis. Involvement in inflammatory processes, sepsis, carcinogenesis and neurodegenerative diseases is also evident. The determination of the oxidative status/oxidative stress is of great importance in medical diagnosis and in research. The PerOx assay is quick, reliable, and easy to perform. Total lipid peroxides are measured. Because of a direct correlation between oxygen radicals and lipid peroxides, it is possible to measure and characterize the oxidative status/oxidative stress in biological fluids.
