Antioxidant defense mechanisms in parasitic protozoa

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 295-314

  Mehlotra, Rajeev K ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antioxidants; Entamoeba histolytica; Giardia; Leishmania; parasites; Plasmodium; protozoa; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; GIARDIA; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0030458544     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408419609105484     Document Type: Article

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