Update on burning mouth syndrome: overview and patient management

A Scala, L Checchi, M Montevecchi… - Critical Reviews in …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS) is a chronic pain syndrome that mainly affects middle-
aged/old women with hormonal changes or psychological disorders. This condition is …

Molecular aspects of lipoic acid in the prevention of diabetes complications

L Packer, K Kraemer, G Rimbach - Nutrition, 2001 - Elsevier
α-Lipoic acid (LA) and its reduced form, dihydrolipoic acid, are powerful antioxidants. LA
scavenges hydroxyl radicals, hypochlorous acid, peroxynitrite, and singlet oxygen …

Diabetic neuropathies

AI Vinik - Atlas of Diabetes: Fourth Edition, 2011 - Springer
Diabetic neuropathy is not a single entity but rather a number of different syndromes, each
with a range of clinical and subclinical manifestations. According to the San Antonio …

Efficacy of α-lipoic acid in diabetic neuropathy

N Papanas, D Ziegler - Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Neuropathy is a serious complication of diabetes. Its management focuses on
glycaemic control, multifactorial cardiovascular risk intervention, pathogenesis-oriented …

Diabetic neuropathy

V Bansal, J Kalita, UK Misra - Postgraduate medical journal, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Diabetic neuropathy (DN) refers to symptoms and signs of neuropathy in a patient with
diabetes in whom other causes of neuropathy have been excluded. Distal symmetrical …

The sensory symptoms of diabetic polyneuropathy are improved with α-lipoic acid: the SYDNEY trial

SYDNEY Trial Authors, for the SYDNEY Trial … - Diabetes …, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE—Because α-lipoic acid (ALA), a potent antioxidant, prevents or improves nerve
conduction attributes, endoneurial blood flow, and nerve (Na (+) K (+) ATPase activity in …

Lipoic acid as a potential therapy for chronic diseases associated with oxidative stress

AR Smith, SV Shenvi, M Widlansky… - Current medicinal …, 2004 - ingentaconnect.com
α-Lipoic acid (LA), a naturally occurring dithiol compound, has long been known as an
essential cofactor for mitochondrial bioenergetic enzymes. Aside from its enzymatic role, in …

Glucose and reactive oxygen species

D Bonnefont-Rousselot - Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Diabetes is characterized by high glucose concentrations that lead, via several mechanisms
(glucose autoxidation, stimulation of the polyol pathway, activation of the reduced form of …

Diabetic neuropathy and oxidative stress: therapeutic perspectives

A Hosseini, M Abdollahi - Oxidative medicine and cellular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Diabetic neuropathy (DN) is a widespread disabling disorder comprising peripheral
nerves′ damage. DN develops on a background of hyperglycemia and an entangled …

[PDF][PDF] Sulfur in human nutrition and applications in medicine

S Parcell - Alternative Medicine Review, 2002 - reboundhealth.com
Because the role of elemental sulfur in human nutrition has not been studied extensively, it
is the purpose of this article to emphasize the importance of this element in humans and …