Lack of effect of acute oral ingestion of vitamin C on oxidative stress, arterial stiffness or blood pressure in healthy subjects

Free Radical Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 514-522

  Kelly, Ronan ^a   Poo Yeo, Kwee ^a   Isaac, Helen ^b   Lee, Chung Yung ^b   Huang, Shan Hong ^b   Teng, Lorraine ^a   Halliwell, Barry ^b   Wise, Stephen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Isoprostanes; Oxidative stress; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ASCORBIC ACID; DNA BASE; ISOPROSTANE DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VASODILATATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTERIES; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLACEBOS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 46649098894     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: 10292470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715760802087431     Document Type: Article

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