Antioxidant supplementation decreases oxidative DNA damage in human lymphocytes

Cancer Research

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1291-1295

  Duthie, Susan J ^a   Ma, Aiguo ^a   Ross, Marion A ^a   Collins, Andrew R ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; DNA;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SMOKING;

EID: 0029998738     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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