Ascorbate improves metabolic abnormalities in Wrn mutant mice but not the free radical scavenger catechin

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1197, Issue , 2010, Pages 40-44

  Lebel, Michel ^a   Massip, Laurent ^a   Garand, Chantal ^a   Thorin, Eric ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catechin; Metabolic syndrome; Vitamin C; Werner syndrome; Wrn mutant mice

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CATECHIN; DNA; GLUCOSE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIVER; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WERNER SYNDROME; WILD TYPE;

EID: 77953192787     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05189.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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