Antioxidant and prooxidant activity of α-tocopherol in human plasma and low density lipoprotein

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1436-1448

  Kontush, Anatol ^a   Finckh, Barbara ^a   Karten, Barbara ^a   Kohlschütter, Alfried ^a   Beisiegel, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

tocopherol; ascorbate; atherosclerosis; blood plasma; lipid peroxidation; low density lipoprotein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMIDINES; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; UBIQUINONE; VITAMIN E; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0029890611     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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