Dietary indicaxanthin from cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica L. Mill) fruit prevents eryptosis induced by oxysterols in a hypercholesterolaemia-relevant proportion and adhesion of human erythrocytes to endothelial cell layers - Tesoriere, Luisa; Attanzio, Alessandro; Allegra, Mario; Livrea, Maria A. (British journal of nutrition, 2015)
Keywords: adhesion; Betaxanthins - administration & dosage; Blood; cactus pears; calcium; Calcium - blood; calcium channels; Cell Adhesion - drug effects; Cell Death - drug effects; death; Diet; Dinoprostone - blood; dose response; endothelial cells; Endothelial Cells - physiology; Endothelium; Erythrocytes; Erythrocytes - drug effects; Erythrocytes - physiology; Fruit - chemistry; Fruits; glutathione; Glutathione - blood; Human and Clinical Nutrition; Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells; Humans; hypercholesterolemia; Hypercholesterolemia - blood; Nutrition research; Opuntia - chemistry; Opuntia ficus-indica; phosphatidylserines; Phosphatidylserines - blood; Phytochemicals; prostaglandins; Pyridines - administration & dosage; reactive oxygen species; Reactive Oxygen Species - blood; shrinkage; Sterols - pharmacology; toxicity; Eryptosis; Human erythrocytes; Betalains; Hypercholesterolaemia; Dietary indicaxanthin; Oxysterols