Ebselen as a Glutathione Peroxidase Mimic and as a Scavenger of Peroxynitrite

Advances in Pharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue C, 1996, Pages 229-246

  Sies, Helmut ^a   Masumoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Institut fur Physiologische Chemie I Heinrich Heine Universiat Dusseldorf D 4000 I Dusseldorf   (Germany)

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EID: 0011869643     PISSN: 10543589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-3589(08)60986-2     Document Type: Article

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