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Benfotiamine Counteracts Smoking-Induced Vascular Dysfunction in Healthy Smokers
Background. Smoking induces endothelial dysfunction (ED) mainly by exacerbating oxidative stress (OS) and inflammation. Benfotiamine, a thiamine prodrug with high bioavailability, prevents nicotine-induced vascular dysfunction in rats. It remained unknown whether this effect also occurs in humans. M...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3471443/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23091724 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/968761 |