Dietary carotenoids protect human cells from damage

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, B: Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 283-285

  Tinkler, Jane H ^a   Böhm, Fritz ^b   Schalch, W ^c   Truscott, T George ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Department of Human Nutrition F Hoffmann La Roche CH 4002 Basle Switzerland ^*

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Diet; Oxidative damage; Singlet oxygen

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; SINGLET OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOID CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BETA CAROTENE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOIDS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; HUMAN; KINETICS; LUMINESCENCE; LYMPHOCYTES; OXYGEN; SINGLET OXYGEN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0028020333     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(94)07049-0     Document Type: Article

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