Antioxidant reactions of β-carotene: Identification of carotenoid-radical adducts

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-11

  Liebler, Daniel C ^a   McClure, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; FREE RADICAL;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL REACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; AZO COMPOUNDS; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FREE RADICALS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTAGENS; NITRILES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 0030054089     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx950151t     Document Type: Article

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