Coenzyme Q10: One antioxidant, many promising applications

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 111-116

  Horowitz, Sala ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETOHEXAMIDE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL SUCCINATE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA CAROTENE; CARNITINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOXORUBICIN; ENTACAPONE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; OLIVE OIL; PERGOLIDE MESILATE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PRAMIPEXOLE; ROPINIROLE; SELEGILINE; SELENIUM; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; TOLAZAMIDE; UBIDECARENONE; UBIQGEL; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANCER; CARDIOTOXICITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DRUG CROSS REACTIVITY; DRUG FORMULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYOPATHY; NERVE CELL LESION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; SINUSITIS; SKIN DISEASE; SORE THROAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0038408897     PISSN: 10762809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107628003322017332     Document Type: Article

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