Oral supplementation with glycine reduces oxidative stress in patients with metabolic syndrome, improving their systolic blood pressure

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 855-860

  Díaz Flores, Margarita ^a   Cruz, Miguel ^a   Duran Reyes, Genoveva ^a   Munguia Miranda, Catarina ^a,d   Loza Rodríguez, Hilda ^a   Pulido Casas, Evelyn ^a   Torres Ramírez, Nayeli ^a   Gaja Rodriguez, Olga ^a   Kumate, Jesus ^b   Baiza Gutman, Luis Arturo ^c   Hernández Saavedra, Daniel ^a,e  

^a CMN Siglo XXI MSS   (Mexico)

^b Fundacion IMSS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Glycine; Metabolic syndrome; Oxidative stress; Pharmacology; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLYCINE; HEMOGLOBIN DERIVATIVE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MESSENGER RNA; PLACEBO; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; S NITROSOHEMOGLOBIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL FAT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATALASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLYCINE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SYSTOLE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885985140     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2012-0341     Document Type: Article

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