Alpha-tocopherol supplementation favorable effects on blood pressure, blood viscosity and cardiac remodeling of spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 251-256

  Costa, Virginia A V ^a,b   Vianna, Lucia M ^b   Aguila, Marcia B ^a,b   Mandarim de Lacerda, Carlos A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alpha tocopherol; Blood pressure; Blood viscosity; Myocardium remodeling; Rat; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; T 3376;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VOLUME; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 16244420732     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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