Influence of the placebo effect on oxidative stress in healthy older adults of Mexico City

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 665-671

  Retana Ugalde, R ^a   Vargas, L A ^b   Altamirano Lozano, M ^a   Mendoza Nunez V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Glutathione peroxidase; Older adults; Oxidative stress; Placebo; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; PLACEBO; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLACEBO EFFECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLACEBO EFFECT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VITAMIN E;

EID: 70450191995     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: 13652710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2009.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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