Bioflavonoid quercetin scavenges superoxide and increases nitric oxide concentration in ischaemia-reperfusion injury: An experimental study

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1080-1085

  Huk, I ^a   Brovkovych, V ^b   Nanobash Vili, J ^a   Weigel, G ^a   Neumayer, Ch ^a   Partyka, L ^a   Patton, S ^b   Malinski, T ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFLAVONOID; NITRIC OXIDE; QUERCETIN; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPERFUSION INJURY;

ANIMALS; CONSTRICTION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HINDLIMB; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITRIC OXIDE; QUERCETIN; RABBITS; REPERFUSION INJURY; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 0031876672     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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