Do iron and vitamin C co-supplementation influence platelet function or LDL oxidizability in healthy volunteers?

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 367-374

  Yang, M ^a   Collis, C S ^a   Kelly, M ^a   Diplock, A T ^a   Rice Evans, C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iron; LDL oxidation; Platelet aggregation; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; COPPER; IRON; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID OXIDATION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0032979060     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600730     Document Type: Article

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