Cardioprotective effects of cysteine alone or in combination with taurine in diabetes

Physiological Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-178

  Tappia, P S ^a   Xu, Y J ^b   Rodriguez Leyva, D ^b   Aroutiounova, N ^b   Dhalla, N S ^b  

^a ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Cardiac dysfunction; Cysteine supplementation; Diabetes; Lipid profile; Taurine supplementation

Indexed keywords

CARDIOTONIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CYSTEINE; INSULIN; TAURINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIABETIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL; CYSTEINE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEMODYNAMICS; INSULIN; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TAURINE; TRIGLYCERIDES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84876493004     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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