Altered redox status in erythrocytes from hypertensive subjects: Effect of (-)epicatechin

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-238

  Rizvi, Syed Ibrahim ^a   Kumar, Navneet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

( )Epicatechin; Erythrocytes; Human; Hypertension; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL MARKER; EPICATECHIN; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; OBSERVATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CONTENT;

EID: 19344374609     PISSN: 10003282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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