Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Markers as Indicator of Atherogenesis in Rats: Antioxidants as Preventive Pharmacological Methods.

Objective: The oxidative process in atherogenesis generated by proinflammatory induction and response to antioxidants vitamins in an experimental model were analyzed.

Methods: Male rats were used: (A)Control, (B)Control+vitamin E plus C, (C)Hyperfibrinogenemia and (D)Hyperfibrinogenemia+vitamins E plus C. Hyperfibrinogenemia induced by daily injection of adrenaline (0.