L-carnitine and its propionate: Improvement of endothelial function in SHR through superoxide dismutase-dependent mechanisms

Free Radical Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 884-891

  de Sotomayor, Maria Alvarez ^a   Mingorance, Carmen ^a   Rodriguez Rodriguez, Rosalía ^a   Marhuenda, Elisa ^a   Herrera, Maria Dolores ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cu Zn SOD; eNOS; L carnitine; Propionyl L carnitine; Superoxide

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; CARNITINE; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LUCIGENIN; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; OXYGEN RADICAL; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROPIONYLCARNITINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACIC AORTA; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARNITINE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34547494260     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: 10292470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715760701416467     Document Type: Article

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