Failure to demonstrate a major anti-inflammatory effect with alpha tocopherol supplementation (400 IU/day) in normal subjects

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1320-1323

  Kaul, Nalini ^a,b   Devaraj, Sridevi ^a,b   Grundy, Scott M ^a,b   Jialal, Ishwarlal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR INFLAMMATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MONOCYTES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0035371577     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01534-X     Document Type: Article

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