Effect of polyphenolic extract, Pycnogenol®, on the level of 8-oxoguanine in children suffering from attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Free Radical Research

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1003-1010

  Chovanová, Zuzana ^a   Muchová, Jana ^a   Sivoňová, Monika ^b   Dvořáková, Monika ^a   Žitňanová, Ingrid ^a   Waczulíková, Iveta ^c   Trebatická, Jana ^d   Škodáček, Igor ^d   Ďurančková, Zdeňka ^a  

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

^b University Teaching Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

^c Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

8 oxoG; ADHD; Oxidized purines; Pycnogenol ; TAS

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYGUANINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; DNA; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; LIPID; PLACEBO; POLYPHENOL; PYCNOGENOL; URIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BARK; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DNA DAMAGE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; GUANINE; HUMANS; MALE; PINUS; PLACEBOS; PLANT BARK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749018132     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: 10292470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715760600824902     Document Type: Article

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