InhaltsangabePreface; Raquel Soares and Isabel Azevedo 1. The metabolic syndrome; Ana Azevedo, Ana C. Santos, Laura Ribeiro and Isabel Azevedo 2. Oxidative stress: from the 1980's to recent update; João Laranjinha 3. Oxidative stress in metabolic syndrome; Conceição Calhau and Alejandro Santos 4. Chronic inflammation in metabolic syndrome. Emphasis on adipose tissue; Rosário Monteiro 5. Angiogenesis in the metabolic syndrome; Raquel Soares 6. Role of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in the metabolic syndrome; Carla Costa 7. Vascular glucose transport and the metabolic syndrome; Fátima Martel and Elisa Keating 8. Natural polyphenols as anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-angiogenic agents; Rita Negrão and Ana Faria 9. Metabolic syndrome: Practical implications of a concept; Cassiano Abreu-Lima Abbreviations Index

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Preface; Raquel Soares and Isabel Azevedo 1. The metabolic syndrome; Ana Azevedo, Ana C. Santos, Laura Ribeiro and Isabel Azevedo 2. Oxidative stress: from the 1980¿s to recent update; João Laranjinha 3. Oxidative stress in metabolic syndrome; Conceicão Calhau and Alejandro Santos 4. Chronic inflammation in metabolic syndrome. Emphasis on adipose tissue; Rosario Monteiro 5. Angiogenesis in the metabolic syndrome; Raquel Soares 6. Role of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in the metabolic syndrome; Carla Costa 7. Vascular glucose transport and the metabolic syndrome; Fatima Martel and Elisa Keating 8. Natural polyphenols as anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-angiogenic agents; Rita Negrão and Ana Faria 9. Metabolic syndrome: Practical implications of a concept; Cassiano Abreu-Lima Abbreviations Index