Alpha-tocopherol pretreatment improves endothelium-dependent vasodilation in aortic strips of young and aging rats exposed to oxidative stress

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 223-228

  Guarnieri, Carlo ^a,b   Giordano, Emanuele ^a   Muscari, Claudio ^a   Grossi, Loris ^a   Caldarera, Claudio Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Department of Biochemistry G Moruzzi ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging rat; Nitric oxide; Oxygen radicals; Tocopherol; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; HYPOXANTHINE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN; OXYGEN RADICAL; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA STRIP; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029999048     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00227902     Document Type: Article

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