The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 304-309 , April 2010

Vascular pro-oxidant effects secondary to the autoxidation of gallic acid in rat aorta

  • José Gil-Longo

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Departamento de Farmacoloxía, Facultade de Farmacia, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Campus Universitario Sur, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Tel.: +34 981 563 100x14897; fax: +34 981 594 595.
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  • Cristina González-Vázquez

Received 6 June 2008 ,Revised 11 December 2008 ,Accepted 6 January 2009.

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☆ The research described in this article was supported by grants from Xunta de Galicia, Spain (XUGA20303A96 and PGIDT01PXI20303PR).

PII: S0955-2863(09)00010-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2009.01.003

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 304-309 , April 2010

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