The protective role of dietary antioxidants (β-carotene) against free radical formation in anaerobes with continued exposure to oxygen

Cancer Letters

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 231-232

  Kemble, R J T ^a,b   Glass, H J ^a   Hillman, K ^b   Ratcliffe, B ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonic cancer; Colonic microflora; Dietary antioxidants; Free radicals; Hydrogen peroxide

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; FREE RADICAL; OXYGEN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; COLON CANCER; COLON FLORA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; ENTEROBACTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BETA CAROTENE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; LACTOBACILLUS; OXYGEN;

ENTEROBACTER;

EID: 0030940007     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)04670-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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2. Miles, A.A. and Misra, S.S. (1938) Estimation of the bactericidal power of blood, J. Hygiene, 38, 732-749.