The high content of MDA (an intermediate product
of LPO) in animals of the experimental groups is not
related to insufficient functioning of the enzymatic
component of the antioxidant system (Table 1). In the
prepartum period the activity of SOD and catalase providing elimination of AOS was higher by respectively
1.64 and 1.49 times than in animals of the control
group. The activity of GPO and GR increased by about
the same degree, by 1.34 and 1.29 times, which attests
to balanced functioning of the glutathione component
of the AOP system and adequate replenishing of the
general pool of reduced glutathione.
On the whole, the general state of the enzymatic
component of AOP system during late pregnancy can
be assessed as positive, since in a retrospective analysis
the development of ob/gyn diseases was not noted in
the given group, which is probably due to inactivation