Antioxidants in human health and disease

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue , 1996, Pages 33-50

  Halliwell, Barry ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; free radical; nitric oxide; onidative damage

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METAL ION; NITROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

CATALYSIS; CELL PROTECTION; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029824431     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nu.16.070196.000341     Document Type: Review

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