Influence of the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine and its metabolites on damage induced by bleomycin in PM2 bacteriophage DNA

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 327-331

  Cloos, Jacqueline ^a   Gille, Johan J P ^a   Steen, Ivar ^a   Lafleur, M Vincent M ^a   Retèl, Jan ^a   Snow, Gordon B ^a   Braakhuis, Boudewijn J M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; BLEOMYCIN; BLEOMYCIN COPPER; CHELATING AGENT; COPPER ION; CYSTEINE; DEFEROXAMINE MESYLATE; GLUTATHIONE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DRUG DNA INTERACTION; HYPOXIA; IRON CHELATION; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ASCORBIC ACID; BACTERIOPHAGES; BLEOMYCIN; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE;

EID: 0029927458     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/17.2.327     Document Type: Article

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