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Clinical Evaluation of Αlpha-Lipoic Acid For Controlling Iron Overload-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Oxidative Stress In Beta Thalassemia Major Patients

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We aim at assessing the impact of α-lipoic acid (ALA) supplementation on the oxidative stress markers, Hb-derivatives, erythrocytes' hemolysis, and liver function of β-thalassemia major (β-TM) patients. We studied 10 β-TM patients who were assessed by evaluation of serum ferritin, plasma malondialdehyde (MDA), erythrocytes' hemolysis, serum alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST) activities, methemalbumin (Mha), oxyhemoglobin (HbO2), total bilirubin (TB), and hemoglobin (Hb) derivatives following 3 and 6 months of supplementation with 300–600 mg/day of ALA according to age. 12 healthy volunteers of the same age and sex were examined at baseline only and did not receive ALA. We detected a significant decrease in serum ferritin levels, plasma lipid peroxidation (MDA), and serum oxyhemoglobin concentrations (p<0.05) after 6 months of treatment with ALA, which suggests a reduction in iron overload and oxidative stress. This decrease in oxidative damage can account for the decrease in the percentage of erythrocytes' hemolysis (p<0.0005), liver enzyme activity of ALT and AST by (p<0.05) and (p<0.005) after 3 and 6 months of treatment with ALA, respectively, indicating liver function improvement, which was confirmed by decreasing serum TB concentration (p<0.054) after 6 months of supplementation. However, there was an insignificant effect of ALA on the levels of Hb-derivatives. Still, a 7.54% increase in total blood Hb-concentration indicates improvement of anemia after 3 months of ALA supplementation. Those results highly support the clinical usage of ALA in supplementing the treatment of β-TM patients to alleviate the severity of symptoms resulting from iron overload and oxidative stress.

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10.21608/ejbbe.2023.218989.1063

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Malondialdehyde: MDA, (β-TM) Beta Thalassemia Major Patients, oxyhemoglobin :HbO2, α-lipoic acid (ALA), total bilirubin:TB

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Amina

Last Name

Eldesoqy

MiddleName

M .

Affiliation

Biophysics department, faculty of science Al-Azhar university

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aminadesoqy@gmail.com

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6 October city

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First Name

Aida

Last Name

Salama

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Abd al kareem

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Physics Dpt., faculty of science (girls), Al azhar University

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salama.aida@yahoo.com

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Cairo

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First Name

Ghada

Last Name

El-Kamah

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Yousef

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Clinical Genetics Department, Institute of Human Genetics and Genome Research, National Research Centre, Egypt.

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ghadaelkamah@hotmail.com

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Cairo

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0000-0002-7739-1674

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Mohamed

Last Name

Taher

MiddleName

Badie

Affiliation

Clinical Genetics Department, Institute of Human Genetics and Genome Research, National Research Centre, Egypt

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mohamed_badietaher@hotmail.com

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Cairo

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0000-0002-0035-295X

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Atef

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Attia

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Mahmoud M.

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Biochemistry Department, National Research Centre, 33 El- Bohouth Street, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

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yousatef@yahoo.com

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Cairo

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24

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1

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39408

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2023-12-01

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2023-06-21

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2023-12-01

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51

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62

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1110-8525

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2357-0911

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Egyptian Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics

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https://ejbbe.journals.ekb.eg/

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Clinical Evaluation of Αlpha-Lipoic Acid For Controlling Iron Overload-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Oxidative Stress In Beta Thalassemia Major Patients

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