Sfoglia per Autore "Spanou, C."
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Aging is not a barrier to muscle and redox adaptations: Applying the repeated eccentric exercise model
Nikolaidis, M. G.; Kyparos, A.; Spanou, C.; Paschalis, V.; Theodorou, A. A.; Panayiotou, G.; Grivas, G. V.; Zafeiridis, A.; Dipla, K.; Vrabas, I. S. (2013)Despite the progress of analytic techniques and the refinement of study designs, striking disagreement exists among studies regarding the influence of exercise on muscle function and redox homeostasis in the elderly. The ... -
Antioxidant activity of a series of fluorinated pyrano-nucleoside analogues of N-4-benzoyl cytosine and N-6-benzoyl adenine
Spanou, C.; Manta, S.; Komiotis, D.; Dervishi, A.; Kouretas, D. (2007)Fluorinated nucleoside analogues are known as antitumor, antiviral and chemotherapeutic agents, although the antioxidant activity of this kind of molecules is not yet investigated. In this study we have tested the antioxidant ... -
Antioxidant and chemopreventive properties of polyphenolic compounds derived from Greek legume plant extracts
Spanou, C.; Bourou, G.; Dervishi, A.; Aligiannis, N.; Angelis, A.; Komiotis, D.; Skaltsounis, A. L.; Kouretas, D. (2008)Recently, phytochemical compounds present in legumes have gained a lot of interest because they are considered to be possible chemopreventive agents. In the present study, 14 polyphenolic compounds were extracted and ... -
Antioxidant and chemopreventive properties of Vicia faba extract and its flavonoid fractions
Spanou, C.; Aligiannis, N.; Skaltsounis, A. L.; Kouretas, D. (2008) -
Assessment of antioxidant activity of extracts from unique Greek varieties of Leguminosae plants using in vitro assays
Spanou, C.; Stagos, D.; Tousias, L.; Angelis, A.; Aligiannis, N.; Skaltsounis, A. L.; Kouretas, D. (2007)Background: It is believed that legumes are a very good source of micronutrients and phytochemicals that present chemopreventive activity against diseases such as diabetes, coronary heart disease and colon cancer. Methanolic ... -
Correlation of total polyphenolic content with antioxidant and antibacterial activity of 24 extracts from Greek domestic Lamiaceae species
Stagos, D.; Portesis, N.; Spanou, C.; Mossialos, D.; Aligiannis, N.; Chaita, E.; Panagoulis, C.; Reri, E.; Skaltsounis, L.; Tsatsakis, A. M.; Kouretas, D. (2012)Lamiaceae family species are considered important because of their use in folk medicine, culinary and flavouring throughout the world. Their interesting bioactivities are attributed mainly to essential oils, polyphenols ... -
Cytogenetic effects of grape extracts (Vitis vinifera) and polyphenols on mitomycin C-induced sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) in human blood lymphocytes
Stagos, D.; Spanou, C.; Margariti, M.; Stathopoulos, C.; Mamuris, Z.; Kazantzoglou, G.; Magiatis, P.; Kouretas, D. (2007)In the present study, the effects of extracts and polyphenol-rich fractions as well as monomer polyphenols identified in them, from both red and white grapes, on mitomycin C (MMC) induced sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) ... -
Eccentric exercise as an oxidant stimulus for studying redox homeostasis: An aging study
Nikolaidis, M. G.; Kyparos, A.; Spanou, C.; Paschalis, V.; Theodorou, A. A.; Grivas, G. V. (2012) -
Effect of Leguminosae family plant extracts and polyphenolic fractions on topoisomerase I-induced nicking of DNA
Spanou, C.; Aligiannis, N.; Skaltsounis, A. L.; Kouretas, D. (2008)Topoisomerase I constitutes one of the enzymes playing crucial role in replication, transcription, recombination, chromosome condensation and maintenance of genome stability. Because it is an essential enzyme for vital ... -
Exercise as a model to study redox homeostasis in blood: the effect of protocol and sampling point
Nikolaidis, M. G.; Kyparos, A.; Dipla, K.; Zafeiridis, A.; Sambanis, M.; Grivas, G. V.; Paschalis, V.; Theodorou, A. A.; Papadopoulos, S.; Spanou, C.; Vrabas, I. S. (2012)Twenty males ran either on a level treadmill (nonmuscle-damaging condition) or on a downhill treadmill (muscle-damaging condition). Blood and urine samples were collected before and after exercise (immediately after, 1h, ... -
Flavonoid Glycosides Isolated from Unique Legume Plant Extracts as Novel Inhibitors of Xanthine Oxidase
Spanou, C.; Veskoukis, A. S.; Kerasioti, T.; Kontou, M.; Angelis, A.; Aligiannis, N.; Skaltsounis, A. L.; Kouretas, D. (2012)Legumes and the polyphenolic compounds present in them have gained a lot of interest due to their beneficial health implications. Dietary polyphenolic compounds, especially flavonoids, exert antioxidant properties and are ... -
Influence of Potent Antioxidant Leguminosae Family Plant Extracts on Growth and Antioxidant Defense System of Hep2 Cancer Cell Line
Spanou, C.; Stagos, D.; Aligiannis, N.; Kouretas, D. (2010)Legumes are considered to be a very good source of polyphenolic compounds that may act as chemopreventive agents, especially by their antioxidant properties. However, many of the chemopreventive properties may depend on ... -
INFLUENCE OF TWO LEGUMINOSAE PLANT EXTRACTS ON GROWTH AND ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSE SYSTEM OF Hep2 CANCER CELL LINE
Spanou, C.; Kouretas, D. (2008) -
Isolation of Lotus edulis bioactive flavonoids (Leguminosae) by Centrifugal Partition Chromatography
Angelis, A.; Spanou, C.; Aligiannis, N.; Kouretas, D.; Skaltsounis, A. L. (2009) -
Redox biology of exercise: an integrative and comparative consideration of some overlooked issues
Nikolaidis, M. G.; Kyparos, A.; Spanou, C.; Paschalis, V.; Theodorou, A. A.; Vrabas, I. S. (2012)The central aim of this review is to address the highly multidisciplinary topic of redox biology as related to exercise using an integrative and comparative approach rather than focusing on blood, skeletal muscle or humans. ... -
Unnecessary diagnostic investigations in benign acute childhood myositis: A case series report
Neocleous, C.; Spanou, C.; Mpampalis, E.; Xatzigeorgiou, S.; Pavlidou, C.; Poulos, E.; Tzanetis, F. (2012)Benign acute childhood myositis (BACM) is a rare, acute, self-limiting muscle disorder, mainly affecting school-aged boys, with an excellent prognosis, requiring no therapeutic intervention. We report a series of seven ...