Natural Antioxidant Intake After Exercise Can Reduce Malondialdehyde (MDA) Level in the Third Trimester of Pragnancy

Pregnancy is a condition that is vulnerable to all kinds - stress resulting in changes in physiology and metabolic function. In pregnancy there is also an increase in energy and oxygen requirements.

The metabolic process can increase require of the oxygen and if it is not available as well as unmaximal used can causes the formation of oxidative stress and produces excessive free radicals which ultimately, that affected in the saferity of a pregnancy process. The imbalance between antioxidants and free radicals in pregnancy prosses are causes pathological and complications changes in pregnancy. This kind of biochemical marker of antioxidants and oxidants is very useful in observing complications that may arise in pregnancy.

Treatment given is expected to eliminate complaints that arise while exercise during pregnancy can prevent the formation of free radicals, but exercise must be given in accordance with the ability of pregnant women.

Physical exercise or exercise in pregnancy can maintain excess weight gain, prevent diabetes, hypertension, and shorten labor time. Sports is one way to neutralize the formation of free radicals because by doing physical activity, excessive oxygen can be used to produce energy.

Increased free radicals are characterised by an increase of malondialdehyde (MDA) as a biochemical markers. Malondialdehyde (MDA) which is the output of lipid peroxidation prosses that measured to determine the presence of oxidative stress due to damage by free radicals. The resent study was found that MDA levels in pregnant women were higher compared to non-pregnant women. Increased MDA levels are in line with the increase in gestational age, from the first, second, and third trimesters. Study was also found that there was a significant increase in MDA levels accompanied by a decrease in non-enzymatic antioxidants, such as Vitamin-E, Vitamin-C, and Vitamin-A in pregnant women with hypertension. Moreover this study assums that was "Giving Antioxidant to decrease Malondialdehyde (MDA) in the third trimester of pregnancy". futher more the aims of this study was analyzed effect of natural antioxidants treatment after exercise to MDA level in the third trimester of pregnancy.