Astaxanthin: A potential therapeutic agent in cardiovascular disease

Marine Drugs

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 447-465

  Fassett, Robert G ^a,b   Coombes, Jeff S ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Haematococcus pluvialis; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Xanthophyll carotenoid

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CDX 085; DISODIUM DISUCCINATE ASTAXANTHIN; HEPTAX; LYCOPENE; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANCOR; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

FUNGI; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS; PHASIANIDAE; PHOENICOPTERIDAE;

EID: 79953212580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md9030447     Document Type: Review

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