Alpha-lipoic acid preserves the structural and functional integrity of red blood cells by adjusting the redox disturbance and decreasing O-GlcNAc modifications of antioxidant enzymes and heat shock proteins in diabetic rats.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate whether the daily administration of α-lipoic acid (LA) during 4 weeks prevents the redox disturbance in red blood cells (RBC) described in diabetes Methods: Multiple low-dose streptozotocin (STZ) diabetes was induced in rats by the administration of...
| Published in: | European Journal of Nutrition Vol. 51; no. 8; pp. 975 - 987 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2012
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