Browsing by Subject "vitamin E"
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An alternative non-invasive treatment for Peyronie's disease
(Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia, 2004-06-01)OBJECTIVE: Surgical correction of the deformity and plaque caused by Peyronie's disease has some important disadvantages and extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) emerged as a new promising therapy. We evaluated prospectively ...
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Antioxidant vitamins C and E supplementation increases markers of haemolysis in sickle cell anaemia patients: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-03-01)Erythrocytes from sickle cell anaemia (SCA) patients continuously produce larger amounts of pro-oxidants than normal cells. Oxidative stress seems to primarily affect the membrane and results in haemolysis. the use of ...
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Concentrações de vitaminas C e E em pacientes com ataxia telangiectasia: relação com biomarcadores associados a aterosclerose e ao estresse oxidativo.
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2013)Introdução: A ataxia telangiectasia (AT) e uma doenca neurodegenerativa, que cursa com imunodefiCiência em graus variaveis, disfuncao mitocondrial e exacerbacao do estresse oxidativo. Objetivo: avaliar o estado nutricional, ...
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Effect of in vitro vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) supplementation in human spermatozoon submitted to oxidative stress
(Wiley, 2018)The aim of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant effect of in vitro supplementation with vitamin E in human spermatozoon incubated with an oxidative stress inducer. In this study, semen samples from 30 patients were ...
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Vitamin E attenuates reserpine-induced oral dyskinesia and striatal oxidized glutathione/reduced glutathione ratio (GSSG/GSH) enhancement in rats
(Elsevier B.V., 2003-02-01)The effects of a previous and concomitant treatment with vitamin E (VE) were studied on an animal model of tardive dyskinesia, i.e., the frequency of spontaneous tongue protrusions in rats treated with reserpine (RE). VE ...
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Vitamin E prevents cell death induced by mild oxidative stress in chicken skeletal muscle cells
(Elsevier B.V., 2005-07-01)Apoptosis and necrosis are two forms of cell death that can occur in response to various agents and oxidative damage. in addition to necrosis, apoptosis contributes to muscle fiber loss in various muscular dystrophies as ...