title: Antioxidants and atherosclerosis.
abstract: The oxidative modification of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) can be induced by various active species by different mechanisms. Vitamin E and other radical-scavenging antioxidants can inhibit the free radical-mediated oxidation of LDL, but they are not effective against LDL oxidation induced by non-radical mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Human Stress Signal Research Center, 1-8-31 Midorigaoka, Ikeda 563-8577, Japan. etsuo-niki@aist.go.jp
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Niki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000378:metabolism; D016877:Oxidants / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D016877:Oxidants