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Int. J. Occup. Med. Environ Health 2008;21(1):31-46
DOI 10.2178/v10001-008-0003-2
ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF BOL D'AIR JACQUIER® BREATHING SESSIONS IN WISTAR RATS - FIRST STUDIES
BÉATRICE MERCIER, JOSIANE PROST, MICHEL PROST

Abstract

Objectives: The Bol d'Air Jacquier® is used to create a molecule able to deliver oxygen at the cellular level to manage hypoxia due to environmental pollution, ageing, or inflammatory disease. This study was designed to determine, firstly, whether the device generated oxidative stress and, secondly, whether it might induce an antioxidant effect. Material and methods: Over a period of 62 weeks, 10 male Wistar rats were randomized into two groups: the Bol d'Air group (BA) regularly breathed peroxidizing terpens delivered by the device and the control group breathed water vapour during 9-min sessions, at the frequency of 1-12 per month. Several antioxidant compounds and KRL levels were determined in the blood and major organs. Results: The results showed that the two groups did not differ with respect to the organ concentrations of Cu,Zn SOD, GPx, GSH, GSSG and TBARS. The device might have a weak slimming effect over time. The BA group presented a significantly higher GR level in plasma throughout the experiment, and in the muscle at the end of the study. In the BA group, the plasma Cu,Zn SOD level was related to the number of breathing sessions per week before blood collection. The BA group also had a higher KRLantioxidant status compared to the control group at two different time-points: at the onset of the study, in the blood of young rats; and after three breathing sessions per week, in the blood and RBCs of old rats. Conclusions: The device did not generate oxidative stress and seemed to produce global antioxidant effect depending on the number of sessions per week, especially in old rats.

Key words

Global and specific antioxidant approaches, Peroxidizing terpens



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