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Effects of a 50 Hz electric field on plasma lipid peroxide level and antioxidant activity in rats.
Harakawa S, Inoue N, Hori T, Tochio K, Kariya T, Takahashi K, Doge F, Suzuki H, Nagasawa H. · 2005
View Original AbstractElectric fields showed protective antioxidant effects only in stressed rats at exposure levels 350 times higher than typical household sources.
Plain English Summary
Japanese researchers exposed rats to a 50 Hz electric field (the same frequency as power lines) for 15 minutes daily over a week to study effects on oxidative stress markers. They found that the electric field actually reduced harmful lipid peroxides in rats that were given an oxidizing agent, suggesting a protective antioxidant-like effect. However, the electric field had no effect on healthy rats that weren't under oxidative stress.
Study Details
The effects of exposure to extremely low frequency electric fields (ELF EFs) on plasma lipid peroxide levels and antioxidant activity (AOA) in Sprague–Dawley rats were studied.
The test was based on comparisons among rats treated with a combination of the oxidizing agent, 2,2′...
EF significantly decreased the plasma peroxide level in rats treated with AAPH, similar to treatment...
These data indicate that the ELF EF used in this study influenced the lipid peroxide level in an oxidatively stressed rat.
Show BibTeX
@article{s_2005_effects_of_a_50_2847,
author = {Harakawa S and Inoue N and Hori T and Tochio K and Kariya T and Takahashi K and Doge F and Suzuki H and Nagasawa H.},
title = {Effects of a 50 Hz electric field on plasma lipid peroxide level and antioxidant activity in rats.},
year = {2005},
doi = {10.1002/bem.20137},
url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bem.20137},
}