Thiourea and dimethylthiourea inhibit peroxynitrite-dependent damage: Nonspecificity as hydroxyl radical scavengers

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1309-1312

  Whiteman, Matthew ^a   Halliwell, Barry ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimethylthiourea; Free radicals; Hydroxyl radical; Nitric oxide; Peroxynitrite; Superoxide; Thiourea

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; DIMETHYLTHIOUREA; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE; THIOUREA; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME INACTIVATION; NITRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE INJURY;

LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0030894671     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(96)00545-X     Document Type: Article

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