Apocynin Is Not an Inhibitor of Vascular NADPH Oxidases but an Antioxidant
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- 1 February 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Hypertension
- Vol. 51 (2), 211-217
- https://doi.org/10.1161/hypertensionaha.107.100214
Abstract
A large body of literature suggest that vascular reduced nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidases are important sources of reactive oxygen species. Many studies, however, relied...Keywords
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