Effects of vitamin C and of a cell permeable superoxide dismutase mimetic on acute lipoprotein induced endothelial dysfunction in rabbit aortic rings

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 730-734

  Fontana, L ^a   McNeill, K L ^a   Ritter, J M ^a   Chowienczyk, P J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Arginine; Endothelium; Low density lipoprotein; Nitric oxide; Oxidative stress; Superoxide anion; Superoxide dismutase; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; LIPOPROTEIN; MANGANESE (III) TETRAKIS (1 METHYL 4 PYRIDYL) PORPHYRIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RING;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; METALLOPORPHYRINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NITROPRUSSIDE; RABBITS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032982337     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702331     Document Type: Article

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