Antioxidant enriched enteral nutrition and oxidative stress after major gastrointestinal tract surgery

Table 4 Intake of anti-oxidant nutrients per day (mean)

		Days after surgery
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Glutamine (g)	Control	1.2	2.5	3.4	3.9	4.3	4.1	3.2
	Treatment	4.5	7.9	11	11	12	11	7.4
Cysteine (g)	Control	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3
	Treatment	1.4	2.5	3.2	3.4	3.5	3.5	2.2
Vitamin C (mg)	Control	18	40	54	62	68	65	51
	Treatment	94	167	219	236	239	233	153
Vitamin E (mg)	Control	3.4	7.2	10	12	13	12	9.4
	Treatment	20	35	45	49	50	48	32
β-carotene (mg)	Control	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Treatment	3.1	5.5	7.1	7.4	7.6	7.5	4.9
Zinc (mg)	Control	3.4	7.2	10	12	13	12	9.4
	Treatment	7.1	13	17	19	19	18	12
Selenium (μg)	Control	15	32	44	50	55	53	41
	Treatment	43	77	103	113	114	110	73
Module AOX units given	Control	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Treatment	0.57	1.01	1.29	1.36	1.39	1.38	0.89