β-Carotene and disease: A suggested pro-oxidant and anti-oxidant mechanism and speculations concerning its role in cigarette smoking

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-235

  Truscott, T G ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; OXIDIZING AGENT;

CHEMICAL REACTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PORPHYRIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 0030250169     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(96)07299-5     Document Type: Note

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