Palm tocotrienol-rich fraction reduced plasma homocysteine and heart oxidative stress in rats fed with a high-methionine diet

Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 441-449

  Norsidah, Ku Zaifah ^a   Asmadi, Ahmad Yusof ^b   Azizi, Ayob ^c   Faizah, Othman ^d   Kamisah, Yusof ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b CYBERJAYA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c Questra Clinical Research Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Folate; Homocysteine; Methionine; Oxidative stress; Tocotrienol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; CATALASE; FOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART STRESS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84892817117     PISSN: 11387548     EISSN: 18778755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13105-012-0226-3     Document Type: Article

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