The infiuence of diet supplementation with methionine on the pathomorphological changes of rabbit organs in experimental atherosclerosis

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-379

  Stawiarska Pieta, Barbara ^a   Birkner, Ewa ^a   Szaflarska Stojko, Ewa ^a   Stojko, Rafał ^a   Grucka Mamczar, Ewa ^a   Pyrsak, Monika ^a   Wyszyńska, Magdalena ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Glutathione peroxidase (PGX); Lipids; Malondialdehyde (MDA); Methionine; Pathomorphological examinations; Rabbit; Superoxide dismutase (SOD)

Indexed keywords

7 OXOCHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; METHIONINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROGENIC DIET; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY LIVER; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; LIVER FATTY DEGENERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 60249100152     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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