Acute Effects of Triathlon Race on Oxidative Stress Biomarkers

Table 3

Aminothiol redox status measured in plasma and red blood cells (RBCs) on HIR and IR athletes before (PRE) and immediately after (POST) the race. Concentrations of the various forms are expressed as μmol·L^-1.

Plasma	HIR			IR
	PRE	POST	value	PRE	POST	value
Cysteine
Total			<0.0001			0.0007
Reduced			ns			ns
Oxidized			<0.0001			0.0006
Homocysteine
Total			ns			0.0147
Reduced			ns			ns
Cysteinylglycine
Total			ns			0.0004
Reduced			ns			ns
Oxidized			ns			0.0004
Glutathione
Total			ns			<0.0001
Reduced			ns			ns
Oxidized			ns			<0.0001
RBCs
Cysteine
Total			ns			ns
Reduced			ns			ns
Oxidized			ns			ns
Homocysteine
Total			ns			ns
Reduced			ns			ns
Cysteinylglycine
Total			ns			ns
Reduced			ns			ns
Oxidized			ns			ns
Glutathione
Total			<0.0001			<0.0001
Reduced			<0.0001			<0.0001
Oxidized			ns			ns