α-Lipoic Acid: A Metabolic Antioxidant and Potential Redox Modulator of Transcription

Advances in Pharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue C, 1996, Pages 79-101

  Packer, Lester ^a   Roy, Sashwati ^a   Sen, Chandan K ^a  

^a University of California Berkeley   (United States)

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EID: 0000197851     PISSN: 10543589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-3589(08)60980-1     Document Type: Article

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