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Vitamin C and E intake is associated with increased paraoxonase activity.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Aug 2002
Jarvik Gail P, Tsai Nancey Trevanian, McKinstry Laura A, Wani Roohi, Brophy Victoria H, Richter Rebecca J, Schellenberg Gerard D, Heagerty Patrick J, Hatsukami Thomas S, Furlong Clement E
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OBJECTIVE: Paraoxonase (PON1), an esterase physically associated with high density lipoprotein, has been shown to inhibit atherogenic low density lipoprotein and high density lipoprotein oxidation. PON1 activity appears to be primarily under genetic control with some environmental modification and is a predictor of vascular disease. Vitamins C and E, dietary antioxidants, scavenge free-oxygen radical products...
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