Studies on curcumin and curcuminoids: XXVI. Antioxidant effects of curcumin on the red blood cell membrane

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 251-257

  Grinberg, Leonid N ^a   Shalev, Oded ^a   Tønnesen, Hanne H ^b   Rachmilewitz, Eliezer A ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Curcumin; Iron; Lipid peroxidation; Membrane; Red blood cells; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CURCUMIN; IRON;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029903260     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5173(95)04377-2     Document Type: Article

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