Alpha-tocopherol: Looking beyond an antioxidant

Molecular Vision

Volumn 15, Issue , 2009, Pages 855-860

  Engin, Kaya Nusret ^a  

^a Bagcilar Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA TOCOPHEROL; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; PROBUCOL; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATARACTOGENESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REPRESSION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA DISEASE;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; PROTEIN KINASE C; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 65349101182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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