Production of ascorbate and hydroxyl radicals in the liver of LEC rats in relation to hepatitis

Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-146

  Suzuki, Kazuo T ^a   Rui, Ming ^a   Ueda, Jun Ichi ^b   Ozawa, Toshihiko ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER ION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; IN VITRO STUDY; JAUNDICE; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; JAUNDICE; LIVER; RATS; ZINC;

EID: 0030872472     PISSN: 10780297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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