Title : Fibrinogen is a co-antioxidant that supplements the vitamin E analog trolox in a model system.

Pub. Date : 2006 Mar

PMID : 16484048






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1 Fibrinogen is a co-antioxidant that supplements the vitamin E analog trolox in a model system. Vitamin E fibrinogen beta chain Homo sapiens
2 We hypothesized that fibrinogen can act as a co-antioxidant to supplement vitamin E thereby eliminating its oxidative effect under prooxidant conditions. Vitamin E fibrinogen beta chain Homo sapiens
3 CONCLUSIONS: The data indicated that fibrinogen did act as a co-antioxidant to supplement Trolox and eliminate its prooxidant effect, most probably, by directly quenching the phenoxyl radical, because unlike vitamin C, fibrinogen did not appear to recycle vitamin E. Vitamin E fibrinogen beta chain Homo sapiens