Probucol improves endothelial-dependent relaxation and decreases vascular superoxide production in cholesterol-fed rabbits

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 315, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 242-247

  Inoue, Nobutaka ^a   Ohara, Yuichi ^a   Fukai, Tohru ^a   Harrison, David G ^a   Nishida, Ken'ichi ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelial dependent relaxation; Hypercholesterolemia; Probucol; Superoxide anion

Indexed keywords

PROBUCOL; THIOBARBITURIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID OXIDATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RABBIT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0031968736     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199804000-00005     Document Type: Article

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