Supplementation of Adult Rats with Moderate Amounts of β-Carotene Modulates the Redox Status in Plasma without Exerting Pro-Oxidant Effects in the Brain: A Safer Alternative to Food Fortification with Vitamin A?

Despite the antioxidant potential of vitamin A, recent studies reported that chronic retinol ester supplementation can also exert pro-oxidant effects and neurotoxicity in vivo and raises the mortality rates among healthy subjects. Our aim was to find evidence for a safer (i.e., less toxic) molecule...

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Autores principales: Schnorr, Carlos Eduardo, Morrone, Maurilio da Silva, Simões-Pires, André, Bittencourt, Leonardo da Silva, Zeidán-Chuliá, Fares, Moreira, José Cláudio Fonseca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2014
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Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4276984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25470379
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu6125572

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