Xanthine oxidase activity in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-155

  Pinamonti, Silvano ^a   Muzzoli, Mariavittoria ^a   Chicca, Milvia C ^a   Papi, Alberto ^a   Ravenna, Franco ^a   Fabbri, Leonardo M ^a   Ciaccia, Adalberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cytochrome c; DNA damage; Fluorometric analysis of DNA unwinding; Oxygen radicals; Uricase; Xanthine oxidase

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CYTOCHROME C; OXYGEN RADICAL; SUPEROXIDE; URATE OXIDASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DENATURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0029936339     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-5849(96)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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