Long-term effects of oral vitamin C supplementation on the endothelial dysfunction in the iris microvessels of diabetic rats

Microvascular Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-38

  Jariyapongskul, Amporn ^a   Rungjaroen, Tippawan ^b   Kasetsuwan, Ngamjit ^b   Patumraj, Suthiluk ^b   Seki, Junji ^c   Niimi, Hideyukii ^b,c  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C); Diabetes; Fluorescence videomicroscopy; Iris microcirculation; Leukocyte adhesion; Retinopathy; Streptozotocin (STZ)

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; MALONALDEHYDE; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IRIS BLOOD VESSEL; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; VENULE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELL ADHESION; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IRIS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED WF; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STREPTOZOCIN; VITAMINS; WATER SUPPLY;

RATTUS;

EID: 34249801211     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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