Does coenzyme Q10 play a role in opposing oxidative stress in patients with age-related macular degeneration?

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-54

  Blasi, Maria Antonietta ^a   Bovina, Carla ^b   Carella, Giuseppe ^c   Genova, Maria Luisa ^b   Jansen, Anna M A ^c   Lenaz, Giorgio ^b   Brancato, Rosario ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Antioxidants; Coenzyme Q10; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; FREE RADICAL; UBIDECARENONE; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRUG DERIVATIVE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UBIQUINONE;

ADULT; AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; AGED; BLOOD; METABOLISM; PILOT STUDY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PILOT PROJECTS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 0034747124     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050826     Document Type: Article

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