Effects of α-lipoic acid on neurovascular function in diabetic rats: Interaction with essential fatty acids

Diabetologia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 390-399

  Cameron, N E ^a   Cotter, M A ^a   Horrobin, D H ^b   Tritschler, H J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Scotia Pharmaceuticals   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTA MEDICA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

linolenic acid; Antioxidant; Blood flow; Diabetic rat; Docosahexaenoic acid; Essential fatty acid; Lipoic acid; Nerve conduction; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; THIOCTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOMER; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCIATIC NERVE; THIOCTIC ACID;

EID: 0031944812     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050921     Document Type: Article

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