Open AccessThe use of lipoic acid in coronary atherosclerosis
Author(s) -
С. А. Козлов
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj78246
Subject(s) - lipoic acid , decarboxylation , oxidative decarboxylation , pyruvic acid , chemistry , oxidative phosphorylation , medicine , coronary atherosclerosis , biochemistry , coronary heart disease , antioxidant , enzyme , catalysis
Lipoic acid, as was first shown by Reed and De-Basque (1955), is one of the elements involved in the oxidative decarboxylation of -keto acids and, in particular, pyruvic acid.