Adverse effects of antioxidative vitamins

• Authors: Maciej Rutkowski , Krzysztof Grzegorczyk

Abstracts

EN

High doses of synthetic antioxidative vitamins: A, E, C and β-carotene are often used on long-term basis in numerous preventive and therapeutic medical applications. Instead of expected health effects, the use of those vitamins may however lead to cases of hypervitaminosis and even to intoxication. The article points out main principles of safety which are to be observed during supplementation with antioxidative vitamins. Toxic effects resulting from erroneous administration of high doses of those substances on organs and systems of the organism are also discussed. Attention is drawn to interactions of antioxidative vitamins with concomitantly used drugs, as well as intensification of adverse effects caused by various exogenous chemical factors. Moreover, the article presents the evaluation of supplementation with these vitamins, which was performed in large studies.

Keywords

EN

vitamins A; E and C; β-carotene; supplementation; side actions; toxic effects

• Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
• Journal: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 105-121

Dates

published

2012

Contributors

author

Maciej Rutkowski

• Department of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland

author

Krzysztof Grzegorczyk

• Department of Endoscopy and One Day Gastroenterology, Wł. Biegański Memorial Regional Specialistic Hospital, Łódź, Poland

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/S13382-012-0022-x

Biblioteka Nauki

2180105