Serum angiotensin converting enzyme activity, total antioxidants and ascorbic acid in Iranian patients with coronary artery disease

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 612-616

  Ghazi, Farideh ^a   Firoozrai, M ^a   Dabirmanesh, B ^a   Shabani, A ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

ACE; Antioxidants; CAD; FRAP; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HIPPURIC ACID; HIPPURYLHISTIDYLLEUCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOMETRY;

EID: 67650660715     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2009.612.616     Document Type: Article

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