Carnitine inhibits arachidonic acid turnover, platelet function, and oxidative stress

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 1 53-1, 2003, Pages

  Pignatelli, P ^a   Lenti, L ^a   Sanguigni, V ^c   Frati, G ^b   Simeoni, I ^a   Gazzaniga, P P ^a   Pulcinelli, F M ^a   Violi, F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Oxygen free radicals

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; CARNITINE; COLLAGEN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN KINASE C; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE; THROMBOXANE A2;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

EID: 0037225664     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00249.2002     Document Type: Article

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