Effect of astaxanthin supplementation on inflammation and cardiac function in BALB/c mice

Anticancer Research

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2721-2725

  Nakao, Ruriko ^a   Nelson, O Lynne ^a   Park, Jean Soon ^a   Mathison, Bridget D ^a   Thompson, Pam A ^a   Chew, Boon P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Cardioprotection; Immunomodulation

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; CAROPHYLL PINK; GLUTATHIONE; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART PROTECTION; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; HEART; LYMPHOCYTES; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOCHONDRIA, HEART; MYOCARDIUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 77955832324     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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