Plasma ubiquinone status and response to six-month supplementation combined with multivitamins in healthy elderly women - Results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-214

  Wolters, Maike ^a   Hahn, Andreas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Coenzyme Q10; Elderly; HMG CoA reductase inhibitors; Statins; Supplementation; Ubiquinol; Ubiquinone; Women

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOTIN; COBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MAGNESIUM; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; UBIDECARENONE; UBIQUINONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MEAT; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0037677993     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.73.3.207     Document Type: Article

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