Alpha Lipoic Acid and Oxidative Stress

Decline in transcriptional activity of Nrf2 causes age-related loss of glutathione synthesis, which is reversible with lipoic acid
Jung H. Suh, Swapna V. Shenvi, Brian M. Dixon, Honglei Liu, Anil K. Jaiswal, Rui-Ming Liu, and Tory M. Hagen

Feeding acetyl-L-carnitine and lipoic acid to old rats significantly improves metabolic function while decreasing oxidative stress
Tory M. Hagen, Jiankang Liu, Jens Lykkesfeldt, Carol M. Wehr, Russell T. Ingersoll, Vladimir Vinarsky, James C. Bartholomew, and Bruce N. Ames


Diabetes and Diabetic Complications

Efficacy and Safety of alpha-Lipoic Acid Supplementation in the Treatment of Symptomatic Diabetic Neuropathy
Trisha Stewart Foster

The Sensory Symptoms of Diabetic Polyneuropathy Are Improved With Alpha-Lipoic Acid
Alexander S. Ametov, MD

The role of antioxidant micronutrients in the prevention of diabetic complications.
Bonnefont-Rousselot D.

Transition metals redox: reviving an old plot for diabetic vascular disease
Vincent M. Monnier


Liver Diseases

A conservative triple antioxidant approach to the treatment of hepatitis C. Combination of alpha lipoic acid (thioctic acid), silymarin, and selenium: three case histories.
Berkson BM.

Protective effect of alpha-lipoic acid against chloroquine-induced hepatotoxicity in rats.

Pari L, Murugavel P.

Liver fibrosis
Ramon Bataller and David A. Brenner

How Selenium Has Altered Our Understanding of the Genetic Code Dolph L. Hatfield and Vadim N. Gladyshev