Should it be safer to use a redox couple, both with (R)-alpha-lipoic acid combined with (R)-dihydrolipoic acid for avoiding prooxidant action of alpha-lipoic acid?

Med Hypotheses. 2007;68(5):1178. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.10.030. Epub 2006 Nov 28.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antioxidants / metabolism
  • Antioxidants / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Models, Biological*
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Reactive Oxygen Species / pharmacology*
  • Thioctic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • Thioctic Acid / metabolism
  • Thioctic Acid / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • Thioctic Acid