Abstract
The activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), the content of reduced glutathione (GSH) and the GSH stability test were investigated in the umbilical cord blood from premature and full-term infants. There was no significant difference in the activity of G6PD in erythrocytes between cord blood from full-term infants and venous blood from healthy infants. As to the cord blood from full-term infants and prematures, however, the activity was significantly lower in the latter than in the former. The content of erythrocyte GSH was higher in cord blood of the newborns than in venous blood of healthy infants. As to the cord blood, there was no significant difference of GSH content. A lower stability of GSH was found in cord blood of the newborns as compared with that in venous blood from healthy infants. There was, however, no remarkable difference in GSH stability of cord blood between full-term and premature infants.
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