Thermo Labsystems iEMS Analyzer has been selected by the Research Institute of Public Health to facilitate its studies of cardiovascular diseases, primarily atherosclerosis and hypertension. According to one theory, cardiovascular degenerative diseases, which increase with age, are a result of free radical stress. Both experimental and epidemiological evidence exist that free radicals are involved in the ethiology of atherosclerosis and hypertension.
Antioxidants inhibit the action of free radicals.
Detecting free radical stress with iEMS Analyzer Methods have now been developed for detecting free radical stress in the human body. Lipoproteins are oxidized by hemi and hydrogen peroxide. The reaction is then followed at eight-minute intervals by the Thermo Labsystems iEMS Analyzer for over 12 hours. Forty duplicate samples can be measured with the Analyzer in one batch and result measurements can be received overnight. The stability of the iEMS Analyzer is good, and no drifting occurs during blank readings.