Ascorbate is particularly effective against LDL oxidation in the presence of iron(III) and homocysteine/cystine at acidic pH

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Volumn 1736, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-243

  Pfanzagl, Beatrix ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acidic pH; Ascorbic acid; Copper; Homocysteine; Iron; LDL oxidation

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER; CYSTINE; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; FERRIC ION; HISTIDINE; HOMOCYSTINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CHELATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXERCISE; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; ISCHEMIA; LIPID OXIDATION; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE ABILITY;

ASCORBIC ACID; CATALYSIS; CYSTINE; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HISTIDINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 26444483931     PISSN: 13881981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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