Ascorbic acid supplementation attenuates exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in patients with asthma

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1770-1778

  Tecklenburg, Sandra L ^a   Mickleborough, Timothy D ^a   Fly, Alyce D ^a   Bai, Yeon ^a   Stager, Joel M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Asthma; Diet; Exercise induced asthma; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

11 EPIPROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; ASCORBIC ACID; LEUKOTRIENE C4; LEUKOTRIENE D4; LEUKOTRIENE E4; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MILD PERSISTENT ASTHMA; MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN URINE LEVEL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASCORBIC ACID; ASTHMA; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 34250647115     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2007.02.014     Document Type: Article

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