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It is known that NO can function both as an oxidant, or antioxidant depending on the availability of reactive oxygen species [ 19].
In conclusion, our model of heart failure, which shows a highlevel of congruence with the human condition, has been shown tohave a high level of apoptosis that corresponds with cardiac failure.Carvedilol, a non-selective β-blocker with α-blocking propertiesas well as antioxidant properties, significantly reduced the incidenceof programmed cell death while improving cardiac function.
Impaired pulmonary function is a strong predictor of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in the general population independent of smoking [ 1 2 3 4 ] . The factors that influence pulmonary function are not completely understood and oxidant exposure could play a negative role [ 5 6 7 ] . Support for this hypothesis comes from studies that report a positive association between antioxidant vitamin status and lung function [ 8 9 10 11 ] . Several studies have indicated that alcohol exposure may contribute to oxidative burden and, therefore, it may be linked to impaired pulmonary function through oxidant-antioxidant mechanisms [ 12 13 14 15 ] . However, while alcohol itself can act as an oxidant, wine has antioxidant properties [ 12 13 16 17 ] .
This accounts for the antioxidant properties of 17β-estradiol.
If our findings are real, the observation that the association with wine intake was slightly stronger for white wine than for red wine is surprising, because it has been suggested that red wine has greater health benefits than white wine and this may be due to greater antioxidant capacity [ 39 ] . Other research has indicated that both white and red wine have beneficial health effects and similar antioxidant properties [ 40 ] . The total antioxidant capacity of wine and the relative antioxidant properties of white and red wine vary depending on the assays used and no consensus has been reached.
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