Dietary modification and moderate antioxidant supplementation differentially affect serum carotenoids, antioxidant levels and markers of oxidative stress in older humans

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3117-3123

  Nelson, Jerusha L ^a   Bernstein, Paul S ^b   Schmidt, Matthew C ^a   Von Tress, Mark S ^c   Askew, E Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Alcon Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant supplements; Carotenoids; High carotenoid diet; Oxidative stress; Oxygen radical absorptive capacity (ORAC)

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL SUCCINATE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOTIN; CAROTENOID; COPPER; CREATININE; CRYPTOXANTHIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; LYCOPENE; MANGANESE; MINERAL; NICOTINIC ACID; OXYGEN RADICAL; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ZINC;

AGED; AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CAPSULE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TABLET; URINALYSIS; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0141639940     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.10.3117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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