Unexpected dose response of copper concentration on lipoprotein oxidation in serum: Discovery of a unique peroxidase-like activity of urate/albumin in the presence of high copper concentrations

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 699-705

  Proudfoot, Julie M ^a   Puddey, Ian B ^a   Beilin, Lawrie J ^a   Stocker, Roland ^b   Croft, Kevin D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b HEART RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Copper; Human serum albumin; Lipoprotein oxidation; Neocuproine; Peroxidase; Serum oxidation; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; COPPER; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PEROXIDASE; URATE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COPPER SULFATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEROXIDASE; SERUM ALBUMIN; URIC ACID;

EID: 0030758694     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(97)00021-X     Document Type: Article

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