Vascular endothelial dysfunction associated with elevated serum homocysteine levels in rat adjuvant arthritis: Effect of vitamin E administration

Life Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 401-410

  Can, Cenk ^a   Çnar, Mehtap G ^a   Koşay, Sezen ^a   Evinç, Akgün ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adjuvant arthritis; Endothelium; Homocysteine; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AORTA; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HOMOCYSTEINE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATISTICS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0037076864     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(02)01700-9     Document Type: Article

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