Increased ascorbate radical formation and ascorbate depletion in plasma from women with preeclampsia: Implications for oxidative stress

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 597-609

  Hubel, Carl A ^a   Kagan, Valerian E ^b   Kisin, Elena R ^b   McLaughlin, Margaret K ^a   Roberts, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Free radicals; Plasma; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; DEFEROXAMINE; FREE RADICAL; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEFEROXAMINE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0030752226     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(97)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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