Chapter title |
Natural Antioxidants as Potential Therapy, and a Promising Role for Melatonin Against Pulmonary Hypertension
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Chapter number | 10 |
Book title |
Pulmonary Vasculature Redox Signaling in Health and Disease
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Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-63245-2_10 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-963244-5, 978-3-31-963245-2
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Authors |
Gerald J. Maarman, Maarman, Gerald J. |
Abstract |
Plasma and serum samples, and lung/heart tissue of pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients and animal models of PH display elevated oxidative stress. Moreover, the severity of PH and levels of oxidative stress increase concurrently, which suggests that oxidative stress could be utilized as a biomarker for PH progression. Accumulating evidence has well established that oxidative stress is also key role player in the development of PH. Preclinical studies have demonstrated that natural antioxidants improved PH condition, and, therefore, antioxidant therapy has been proposed as a potential therapeutic strategy against PH. These natural antioxidants include medicinal plant extracts and compounds such as resveratrol and melatonin. Recent studies suggest that melatonin provides health benefit against PH, by enhancing antioxidant capacity, increasing vasodilation, counteracting lung and cardiac fibrosis, and stunting right ventricular (RV) hypertrophy/failure. This chapter comprehensively reviews and discusses a variety of natural antioxidants and their efficacy in modulating experimental PH. This chapter also demonstrates that antioxidant therapy remains a therapeutic strategy for PH, and particularly identifies melatonin as a safe, cost-effective, and promising antioxidant therapy. |
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Chemical Engineering | 1 | 3% |
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