Individual Differences in Hyperlipidemia and Vitamin E Status in Response to Chronic Alcohol Self-Administration in Cynomolgus Monkeys
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Willard M. Freeman; Galen W. Miller; Kathleen A. Grant; Katie M. Lebold; Maret G. Traber; Caitlin Kiley; Kristine M. Wiren; Scott W. Leonard
- Source
- Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 35:474-483
- Subject
- Vitamin
medicine.medical_specialty
Antioxidant
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Vitamin E
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Toxicology
medicine.disease
medicine.disease_cause
Lipid peroxidation
Psychiatry and Mental health
chemistry.chemical_compound
Endocrinology
chemistry
Lipoprotein transport
Internal medicine
Hyperlipidemia
medicine
lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins)
alpha-Tocopherol
business
Oxidative stress
- Language
- ISSN
- 0145-6008
Background Chronic ethanol self-administration induces oxidative stress and exacerbates lipid peroxidation. α-Tocopherol is a potent lipid antioxidant and vitamin that is dependent upon lipoprotein transport for tissue delivery.