γ-tocopherol: An efficient protector of lipids against nitric oxide-initiated peroxidative damage

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 376-378

  Wolf, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; LIPID; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE;

INFLAMMATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACROPHAGE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030708777     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1997.tb01566.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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