Antioxidant strategies in the treatment of stroke

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 429-443

  Margaill, Isabelle ^a,b   Plotkine, Michel ^a   Lerouet, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES ET BIOLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Focal cerebral ischemia; Free radicals; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

2,3',4,5' TETRAHYDROXYSTILBENE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; AEOL 10113; AEOL 10150; ALLOPURINOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID 2 [3,4 DIHYDRO 2,5,7,8 TETRAMETHYL 2 (4,8,12 TRIMETHYLTRIDECYL) 2H 1 BENZOPYRAN 6 YL HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE] POTASSIUM; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; DISUFENTON SODIUM; EBSELEN; GLUTATHIONE ETHYL ESTER; M 40401; MANGANESE N,N' ETHYLENEBIS(3 METHOXYSALICYLIDENEAMINE); MELATONIN; METALLOPORPHYRIN; N (2 CYCLOHEXYLOXY 4 NITROPHENYL)METHANESULFONAMIDE; N TERT BUTYL ALPHA PHENYLNITRONE; NIMESULIDE; NITRONE DERIVATIVE; NORPHENAZONE; OXIPURINOL; RESVERATROL; STILBAZULENYLNITRONE; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; THIOCTIC ACID; TIRILAZAD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEGRADATION; DISABILITY; DNA MODIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 22544462551     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2005.05.003     Document Type: Review

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