Coenzyme Q10 serum concentration and redox status in European adults: Influence of age, sex, and lipoprotein concentration

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 240-245

  Niklowitz, Petra ^a   Onur, Simone ^b   Fischer, Alexandra ^b   Laudes, Matthias ^c   Palussen, Michael ^a   Menke, Thomas ^a   Döring, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Coenzyme Q10; Oxidative stress; Redox status; Sex; Ubiquinol

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; UBIDECARENONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL ORGANELLE; CHILDHOOD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME REPLACEMENT; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84968586379     PISSN: 09120009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.15-73     Document Type: Article

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