Superoxide scavenging effects of N-acetylcysteine and vitamin C in subjects with essential hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1111-1117

  Schneider, Markus P ^a   Delles, Christian ^a   Schmidt, Bernhard M W ^a   Oehmer, Sebastian ^a   Schwarz, Thomas K ^a   Schmieder, Roland E ^a,b   John, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Endothelium; Hypertension; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ASCORBIC ACID; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROPRUSSIDE; SUPEROXIDES; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 23744477944     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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