Effect of antioxidant vitamin E as a protective factor in experimental atherosclerosis in rhesus monkeys

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-190

  Sharma, N ^a   Desigan, B ^a   Ghosh, S ^a   Sanyal, S N ^b   Ganguly, N K ^a   Majumdar, S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Atherosclerosis; Hypercholesterolemia; Platelets; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLESTEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC DIET; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOSIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; DIET, ATHEROGENIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIGLYCERIDES; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 0032725624     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012784     Document Type: Article

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