Plasma and dietary antioxidant status as cardiovascular disease risk factors: A review of human studies

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2969-3004

  Wang, Ying ^a   Chun, Ock K ^b   Song, Won O ^c  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant status; Cardiovascular disease (cvd); Human studies; Review

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; APOLIPOPROTEIN A; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CATALASE; FLAVONOID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO; POLYPHENOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOL; SERUM ALBUMIN; SUPEROXIDE; URIC ACID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FRUIT JUICE; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TEA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84881040432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5082969     Document Type: Review

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