Analysis of ubiquinone and tocopherol levels in normal and hyperlipidemic human plasma

Lipids

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 811-815

  Zhang, Yiyi ^a   Eriksson, Mats ^b   Dallner, Gustav ^a   Appelkvist, Eeva Liisa ^a  

^a Clinical Research Center   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOCOPHEROL; UBIQUINONE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID OXIDATION; LIPOPHILICITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031865045     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-998-0274-y     Document Type: Article

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