Effects of triple antioxidant combination (vitamin E, vitamin C and α-lipoic acid) with insulin on lipid and cholesterol levels and fatty acid composition of brain tissue in experimental diabetic and non-diabetic rats

Cell Biology International

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 754-760

  Özkan, Yusuf ^a   Yilmaz, Ökkeş ^b   Öztürk, Ali Ihsan ^c   Erşan, Yasemin ^b  

^a Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain; Cholesterol; Diabetic rats; Fatty acids; Lipid; Vitamin C; Vitamin E; Lipoic acid

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; INSULIN; LIPID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; THIOCTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27644561292     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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