Hypocholesterolemic Effect of Pravastatin is Associated with Increased Content of Antioxidant Vitamin-E in Cholesterol Fractions

Metabolic studies support the findings that antioxidants inhibit atherosclerosis. Treatment with vitamin E reduced both the susceptibility of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) to in vivo lipid peroxidation and atherosclerosis and smooth muscle proliferation. Thus the aim of present study w...

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Main Authors: Vladimír Bláha, Zdeněk Zadák, Dagmar Solichová, Miluše Brátová, Eduard Havel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karolinum Press 1998-01-01
Series:Acta Medica
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Online Access:https://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/41/2/0087/