Vitamin E dose-dependently reduces aortic fatty lesion formation in orchidectomized aged rats

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-16

  Chai, Sheau C ^a   Arjmandi, Bahram H ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Atherosclerosis; Rat; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; GONADECTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPIDS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VITAMIN E;

RATTUS;

EID: 79956329684     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3275/6762     Document Type: Article

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