Antioxidant therapy effectiveness: An up to date

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 245-278

  Iannitti, Tommaso ^a   Palmieri, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Free radicals; Human diseases; Natural and nutraceutical compounds; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; MELATONIN; NUTRACEUTICAL; PLACEBO; POLYPHENOL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SELENIUM; TOCOPHEROL; UBIDECARENONE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIET; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN CARE; NONHUMAN; ONCOLOGY; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; POMEGRANATE JUICE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 69249084978     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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