A single high dose of ascorbic acid and iron is not correlated with oxidative stress in healthy volunteers

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-85

  Colpo, Elisângela ^a   De Bem, Andreza Fabro ^a,b   Pieniz, Simone ^a   Schettert, Sally Danuta ^a   Dos Santos, Rosane Maria Souza ^a   Gomes Farias, Iria Luiza ^a   Bertoncello, Iara ^a   Moreira, Cleci Menezes ^c   Barbosa, Nilda Vargas ^a   Moretto, Maria Beatriz ^a   Teixeira Rocha, João Batista ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Fenton reaction; In vivo; Iron; Prooxidant; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBONYL IRON; CATALASE; FERRITIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; IRON; MALONALDEHYDE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84983726671     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000162257     Document Type: Article

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