Oxygen radicals potentiate the genetic toxicity of tobacco‐specific nitrosamines

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 88-91

  Weitberg, Alan B ^a   Corvese, Donna ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carcinogenesis; DNA damage nitrosamines; oxidants radicals; tobacco

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; NITROSAMINE; OXYGEN RADICAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENETIC TOXICOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO;

CARCINOGENS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DRUG SYNERGISM; FETUS; FIBROBLASTS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; HUMAN; LUNG; MUTAGENS; NICOTINE; NITROSAMINES; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; PLANTS, TOXIC; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TOBACCO;

LETHRINIDAE; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0027535163     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1993.tb04455.x     Document Type: Article

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