Antioxidant mechanisms in diabetes
Can Demirel1, Hafiza Gözen2
1Gaziantep Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Biyofizik AD.
2Gaziantep Üniversitesi, Sağlık Hizmetleri Meslek Yüksekokulu,Fizyoterapi Bölümü
Abstract
Patients with diabetes have an increased risk of various complications. The most important problem in diabetes is inability to metabolize glucose in the blood and the increase of harmful free radicals because of lipids are used for energy production. İn vivo antioxidant defense systems is in balance with the formation of free radicals. As long as this balance continue in the organism tissues are not affected by free radicals. This study examined the effects of antioxidants on have diabetes and its complications.