Vitamin E: Supplement versus diet in neurodegenerative diseases

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 443-445

  Shen, Liang ^a   Ji, Hong Fang ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Neurodegenerative diseases; Supplement; Tocopherols; Tocotrienols; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN LEVEL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; VITAMIN E;

EID: 84864386395     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: 1471499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2012.04.010     Document Type: Short Survey

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