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Nutrition and Diet in Menopause pp 51–63Cite as

The Role of Polyphenols in Menopause

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Abbreviations

ER:

Estrogen receptor

CAT:

Catalase

GPx:

Glutathione peroxidase

GSH:

Reduced glutathione

GSSG:

Oxidized glutathione

HRT:

Hormonal replacement therapy

Mn-SOD:

Mn-Superoxide dismutase

ROS:

Reactive oxygen species

TNFα:

Tumor necrosis factor alpha

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by grants of the MCINN (BFU2008-04336; BFU2011-30336), Research Group of UCM (910379ENEROINN) and RETICEF (RD06/0013/0003) (RD12/0043/0018) (ISCIII).

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  2. Department of Physiology (Animal Physiology II), Complutense University of Madrid, José Antonio Novais 2 Street, Madrid, 28040, Spain

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Baeza, I., De la Fuente, M. (2013). The Role of Polyphenols in Menopause. In: Hollins Martin, C., Watson, R., Preedy, V. (eds) Nutrition and Diet in Menopause. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-373-2_4

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