Antioxidant vitamin C prevents decline in endothelial function during sitting

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages 1015-1021

  Thosar, Saurabh S ^a   Bielko, Sylvanna L ^a   Wiggins, Chad S ^a   Klaunig, James E ^a   Mather, Kieren J ^b   Wallace, Janet P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Oxidative stress; Sedentary lifestyle

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SHEAR STRESS; SITTING; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMORAL ARTERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION;

EID: 84926512969     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.893192     Document Type: Article

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