An in Vitro System for Evaluation of Oxidative Stress and the Effects of Antioxidants

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-287

  Brogaard, Benedikte ^a   Clausen, Jørgen ^a,b  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Dept of Life Sciences and Chemistry ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; DT diaphorase; Free radicals; Glutathione peroxidase; Malondialdehyde; Mitomycin C; Oxidative stress; Paraquat; Quercetin; Selenium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000029076     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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