Oxidative stress and cardiovascular health: Therapeutic potential of polyphenols

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 198-212

  Khurana, Sandhya ^a   Piche, Matthew ^a   Hollingsworth, Amanda ^a   Venkataraman, Krishnan ^a   Tai, T C ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Oxidative stress; Polyphenols; ROS

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTHOCYANIN; ASCORBIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; EPIRUBICIN; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; HOST FACTOR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PLACEBO; POLYPHENOL; PROCYANIDIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SIMVASTATIN; TELMISARTAN;

APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; TEA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYPHENOLS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84875550446     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2012-0252     Document Type: Review

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