Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Angiogenesis in the Metabolic Syndrome

Preface; Raquel Soares and Isabel Azevedo 1. The metabolic syndrome; Ana Azevedo, Ana C. Santos, Laura Ribeiro and Isabel Azevedo 2. Oxidative stress: from the 1980's to recent update; João Laranjinha 3. Oxidative stress in metabolic syndrome; Conceição Calhau and Alejandro Santos 4. Chronic inflammation in metabolic syndrome. Emphasis on adipose tissue; Rosário Monteiro 5. Angiogenesis in the metabolic syndrome; Raquel Soares 6. Role of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in the metabolic syndrome; Carla Costa 7. Vascular glucose transport and the metabolic syndrome; Fátima Martel and Elisa Keating 8. Natural polyphenols as anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-angiogenic agents; Rita Negrão and Ana Faria 9. Metabolic syndrome: Practical implications of a concept; Cassiano Abreu-Lima Abbreviations Index

Author: Raquel Soares
Publisher: Springer
Published: 03/12/2009
Pages: 210
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9781402097003
ISBN10: 140209700X
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Medical | Nutrition
- Medical | Biochemistry

This title is not returnable