Biochemical changes in arthritic rats: Dehydroascorbic and ascorbic acid levels

European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-189

  Simões, Sandra I D ^a   Eleutério, Carla V ^a   Cruz, M Eugénia M ^a   Corvo, M Luísa ^a   Martins, M Bárbara F ^a  

^a INETI   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adjuvant arthritis; Ascorbic acid; Dehydroascorbic acid; High performance liquid chromatography; Inflammatory biomarkers

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

INFLAMMATORY PHASES;

VITAMINS;

ASCORBIC ACID; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID;

ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037317115     PISSN: 09280987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-0987(02)00258-0     Document Type: Article

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