[HTML][HTML] Plasma antioxidant status after high-dose chemotherapy: a randomized trial of parenteral nutrition in bone marrow transplantation patients

CR Jonas, AB Puckett, DP Jones, DP Griffith… - The American journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Background: Chemotherapy and radiation therapy result in increased free radical formation
and depletion of tissue antioxidants. It is not known whether parenteral nutrition (PN)
administered during bone marrow transplantation (BMT) supports systemic antioxidant
status. Objective: The aims of the study were to determine 1) whether high-dose
chemotherapy decreases concentrations of major circulating antioxidants in patients
undergoing BMT and 2) whether administration of standard PN maintains systemic …