CYSTIC FIBROSIS
TAURINE
1. Daily doses of taurine (30 mg per kilogram body weight per day for 4 months) effectively reduced the fecal fatty acid excretion and total sterol excretion in patients with cystic fibrosis and steatorrhea.
Am J Dis Child. 1991 Dec;145(12):1401-4.
Taurine decreases fecal fatty acid and sterol excretion in cystic fibrosis. A randomized double-blind trial.
Smith LJ, Lacaille F, Lepage G, Ronco N, Lamarre A, Roy CC.
2. Daily doses of taurine (30 mg per kilogram body weight per day) for 3 months effectively improved the absorption of vitamin E in patients with cystic fibrosis.
Klin Padiatr. 1991 Jan-Feb;203(1):28-32.
[Taurine supplementation in cystic fibrosis (CF): effect on vitamin E absorption kinetics]
[Article in German]
Skopnik H, Kusenbach G, Bergt U, Friedrichs F, Stuhlsatz H, Dohmen H, Heimann G.
3. Daily doses of taurine (30 mg per kilogram body weight per day for 2 - one-week periods) improved fat absorption thus being useful in deficiency of essential fatty acid in cystic fibrosis patients.
Pediatrics. 1987 Oct;80(4):517-23.
Taurine improves the absorption of a fat meal in patients with cystic fibrosis.
Belli DC, Levy E, Darling P, Leroy C, Lepage G, Giguere R, Roy CC.
VITAMIN C
4. Doses of antioxidants, vitamin E (200 mg) vitamin C (300 mg) beta-carotene (25 mg), selenium (90 micrograms) and vitamin A (500 micrograms) improved antioxidant defenses in patients with cystic fibrosis.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Jan;77(1):150-9.
Improved antioxidant and fatty acid status of patients with cystic fibrosis after antioxidant supplementation is linked to improved lung function.
Wood LG, Fitzgerald DA, Lee AK, Garg ML.
PMID: 12499335
VITAMIN E/TOCOTRIENOL
(1 microgram = 0.001 milligrams)
(1 gram = 1000 milligrams)
5. Daily doses of antioxidants; selenium (600 micrograms), vitamin C (540 mg), beta-carotene (9000 IU), vitamin E (270 IU) and methionine (2 grams) improved pancreatic oxidative stress in cystic fibrosis patients.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 1990;264:555-72.
Rationale for antioxidant therapy in pancreatitis and cystic fibrosis.
Uden S, Bilton D, Guyan PM, Kay PM, Braganza JM.
PMID: 2244539 |
