Amlodipine and glutathione cycle in hypercholesterolaemia

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 485-492

  Mutaf, Işil ^a   Habif, Sara ^a   Turgan, Nevbahar ^a   Parildar, Zuhal ^a   Özmen, Dilek ^a   Bayindir, Oya ^a   Uysal, Ayşegül ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amlodipine; Atherosclerosis; Glutathione redox cycle; Lipid peroxidation

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MALONALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RABBIT;

AMLODIPINE; ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; GLUTATHIONE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RABBITS;

EID: 4944260881     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.59.5.2005220     Document Type: Article

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