The antioxidant properties of zinc and metallothionein

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-166

  Ebadi, M ^a   Leuschen, M P ^a   Refaey, H E L ^b   Hamada, F M ^c   Rojas, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIOXIDANT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTERLEUKIN 1; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; OXIDOPAMINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

ARTICLE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LIVER CELL; NERVE CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030222332     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-0186(95)00116-6     Document Type: Article

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