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Source: Clinica Chimica Acta
Condition: Atrial Fibrillation
Nutrition: Antidoxidants
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Uric acid and cardiovascular disease
Publication date: September 2018 Source:Clinica Chimica Acta, Volume 484 Author(s): Gjin Ndrepepa Uric acid (UA) is an end product of purine metabolism in humans and great apes. UA acts as an antioxidant and it accounts for 50% of the total antioxidant capacity of biological fluids in humans. When present in cytoplasm of the cells or in acidic/hydrophobic milieu in atherosclerotic plaques, UA converts into a pro-oxidant agent and promotes oxidative stress and through this mechanism participates in the pathophysiology of human disease including cardiovascular disease (CVD). Most epidemiological studies but not all of them ...
Source: Clinica Chimica Acta - June 2, 2018 Category: Laboratory Medicine Source Type: research
