Lipoic acid: Its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory role and clinical applications

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 458-483

  Moura, Fabiana Andréa ^a,b   de Andrade, Kívia Queiroz ^a   dos Santos, Juliana Célia Farias ^a   Goulart, Marília Oliveira Fonseca ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^b Pós Graduação em Ciências da Saúde PPGCS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Lipoic acid; Oral supplementation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; I KAPPA B KINASE ALPHA; I KAPPA B KINASE BETA; I KAPPA B KINASE GAMMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOCTIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID;

AGING; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; THIOCTIC ACID; VITAMIN E;

EID: 84930905101     PISSN: 15680266     EISSN: 18734294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1568026615666150114161358     Document Type: Article

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