Effect of cis-unsaturated fatty acids on cellular oxidant stress in macrophage tumor (AK-5) cells in vitro

Cancer Letters

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 63-75

  Padma, M ^b   Das, U N ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anti oxidants; Cis unsaturated fatty acids; Cytotoxicity; Free radicals; Glutathione; Lipid peroxidation; Superoxide dismutase; Tumor cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LIPID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030568070     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(96)04419-9     Document Type: Article

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