Πλοήγηση ανά Συγγραφέα "Kouretas, D."

Activity of grape extracts from Greek varieties of Vitis vinifera against mutagenicity induced by bleomycin and hydrogen peroxide in Salmonella typhimurium strain TA102

Stagos, D.; Kazantzoglou, G.; Theofanidou, D.; Kakalopoulou, G.; Magiatis, P.; Mitaku, S.; Kouretas, D. (2006)

Several in vivo and in vitro studies have shown that grape extracts could prevent certain steps in carcinogenesis and a few mechanisms have been proposed for this activity. In this study, the potential antimutagenic activity ...

Acute effects of electronic and tobacco cigarette smoking on complete blood count

Flouris, A. D.; Poulianiti, K. P.; Chorti, M. S.; Jamurtas, A. Z.; Kouretas, D.; Owolabi, E. O.; Tzatzarakis, M. N.; Tsatsakis, A. M.; Koutedakis, Y. (2012)

The World Health Organisation called for research assessing the safety of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette). We evaluated the acute effect of active and passive e-cigarette and tobacco cigarette smoking on complete blood ...

Acute exercise markedly increases blood oxidative stress in boys and girls

Nikolaidis, M. G.; Kyparos, A.; Hadziioannou, M.; Panou, N.; Samaras, L.; Jamurtas, A. Z.; Kouretas, D. (2007)

This study investigated the effect of an acute swimming protocol on selected blood redox status indices in trained children. Eleven boys and 11 girls (aged 9-11 y) swam 12 bouts of 50 m at a pace corresponding to 70%-75% ...

Adipocytokine Levels in Children: Effects of Fatness and Training

Aggeloussi, S.; Theodorou, A. A.; Paschalis, V.; Nikolaidis, M. G.; Fatouros, I. G.; Owolabi, E. O.; Kouretas, D.; Koutedakis, Y.; Jamurtas, A. Z. (2012)

To investigate the effects of obesity and exercise training on plasma adipocytokines a sample of 42 children (lean = 24, %BF = 17.8 +/- 7.5%; obese = 18; %BF = 29.1 +/- 9.3%; mean age = 12.4 +/- 1.9 yrs), were divided into ...

Albumin possesses intrinsic enolase activity towards dihydrotestosterone which can differentiate benign from malignant breast tumors

Drmanovic, Z.; Voyatzi, S.; Kouretas, D.; Sahpazidou, D.; Papageorgiou, A.; Antonoglou, O. (1999)

Serum albumin was found to possess enolase activity towards the dihydrotestesterone (DHT) molecule, converting it from its 3-keto to 3-enol form. This activity was accompanied by albumin during all stages of purification, ...

alpha-Lipoic acid supplementation up-regulates antioxidant capacity in adults with G6PD deficiency

Georgakouli, K.; Deli, C. K.; Zalavras, A.; Fatouros, I. G.; Kouretas, D.; Koutedakis, Y.; Jamurtas, A. Z. (2013)

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of alpha-lipoic acid (LA) supplementation on blood redox status in individuals with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. Eight adults with G6PD deficiency ...

Alzheimer's disease treated patients showed different patterns for oxidative stress and inflammation markers

Gubandru, M.; Margina, D.; Tsitsimpikou, C.; Goutzourelas, N.; Tsarouhas, K.; Ilie, M.; Tsatsakis, A. M.; Kouretas, D. (2013)

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia accounting for 60-80% of the reported cases. The aim of this study was to evaluate levels of certain parameters of oxidative stress and markers of endothelial ...

Anti-inflammatory effects of a special carbohydrate-whey protein cake after exhaustive cycling in humans

Kerasioti, E.; Stagos, D.; Jamurtas, A.; Kiskini, A.; Koutedakis, Y.; Goutzourelas, N.; Pournaras, S.; Tsatsakis, A. M.; Kouretas, D. (2013)

Intense exercise induces increased levels of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a special cake (consisting of carbohydrate to whey protein 3.5:1) ...

ANTIANGIOGENIC POTENTIAL OF GRAPE STEM EXTRACT THROUGH INHIBITION OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR EXPRESSION

Stagos, D.; Apostolou, A.; Poulios, E.; Kermeliotou, E.; Mpatzilioti, A.; Kreatsouli, K.; Koulocheri, S. D.; Haroutounian, S. A.; Kouretas, D. (2014)

The aim of the present study was to investigate the antiangiogenic potential of a grape stem extract against tube formation by human endothelial cells (EA.hy926). The results showed that at low and non-cytotoxic concentrations ...

Anticarcinogenic activity of polyphenolic extracts from grape stems against breast, colon, renal and thyroid cancer cells

Sahpazidou, D.; Geromichalos, G. D.; Stagos, D.; Apostolou, A.; Haroutounian, S. A.; Tsatsakis, A. M.; Tzanakakis, G. N.; Hayes, A. W.; Kouretas, D. (2014)

A major part of the wineries' wastes is composed of grape stems which are discarded mainly in open fields and cause environmental problems due mainly to their high polyphenolic content. The grape stem extracts' use as a ...

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)

The Antioxidant Effects of a Polyphenol-Rich Grape Pomace Extract In Vitro Do Not Correspond In Vivo Using Exercise as an Oxidant Stimulus

Veskoukis, A. S.; Kyparos, A.; Nikolaidis, M. G.; Stagos, D.; Aligiannis, N.; Halabalaki, M.; Chronis, K.; Goutzourelas, N.; Skaltsounis, L.; Kouretas, D. (2012)

Fruits, such as grapes, are essential food of the Mediterranean diet. Grape extracts have potent antioxidant and chemopreventive properties in vitro. Numerous studies have examined the effects of plant extract administration ...