Wet-cupping removes oxidants and decreases oxidative stress

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1032-1036

  Tagil, Suleyman Murat ^a   Celik, Huseyin Tugrul ^a   Ciftci, Sefa ^a   Kazanci, Fatmanur Hacievliyagil ^a   Arslan, Muzeyyen ^a   Erdamar, Nazan ^b   Kesik, Yunus ^a   Erdamar, Husamettin ^a   Dane, Senol ^a  

^a TURGUT OZAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Malondialdehyde; Superoxide dismutase; Wet cupping

Indexed keywords

MALONALDEHYDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; OXIDIZING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VENOUS BLOOD; WET CUPPING THERAPY; BLOOD; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLOODLETTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912091495     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.10.008     Document Type: Article

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