Do tocotrienols have potential as neuroprotective dietary factors?

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-180

  Frank, Jan ^a   Chin, Xiao Wei Dawn ^b   Schrader, Charlotte ^b   Eckert, Gunter P ^c   Rimbach, Gerald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Bioavailability; Cellular signalling; Cholesterol lowering; Neurodegeneration; Tocotrienols

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENYL ACETATE; ARACHIDONATE 12 LIPOXYGENASE; CATALASE; COLLAPSIN RESPONSE MEDIATOR PROTEIN 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DELTA TOCOTRIENOL; DELTA TOCOTRIENYL ACETATE; EPISESAMIN; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GAMMA TOCOTRIENOL; GAMMA TOCOTRIENYL ACETATE; GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; GLUTATHIONE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; OLIVE OIL; PALM OIL; PALMVITEE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROTEIN KINASE P60; SESAMIN; TOCOTRIENOL RICH FRACTION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CELL PROTECTION; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RETENTION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IC 50; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASTICITY; PRENYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SELF EMULSIFYING DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYNAPSE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; TOCOTRIENOLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 83855162889     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2011.06.006     Document Type: Review

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