Antioxidant vitamins and cardiovascular disease

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1861-1869

  Núñez Córdoba, Jorge M ^a   Martínez González, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Beta carotene; Cardiovascular disease; Cerebrovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Ischeamic heart disease; Myocardial infarction; Natural antioxidants; Stroke; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; MOLYBDENUM; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOL; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL DAMAGE; CELL INFILTRATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCURVY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 79959925812     PISSN: 15680266     EISSN: 18734294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156802611796235143     Document Type: Article

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