The effect of Pycnogenol® on the erythrocyte membrane fluidity

General Physiology and Biophysics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-51

  Sivonova M ^a   Waczulikova I ^b   Kilanczyk, E ^c   Hrnciarova M ^a   Bryszewska, M ^c   Klajnert, B ^c   Ďuračková, Zdeňka ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte membrane fluidity; Flavonoids; Fluorescence anisotropy; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative hemolysis; Pycnogenol

Indexed keywords

1,6 DIPHENYL 1,3,5 HEXATRIENE; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPID; METAL ION; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; PYCNOGENOL; STEARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; ANTIOXIDANT; PYCNOGENOLS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURFACE; CHELATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PENETRATION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CELL CULTURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FLAVONOIDS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 2942549183     PISSN: 02315882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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