Modulation of paraquat toxicity by β-carotene at low oxygen partial pressure in chicken embryo fibroblasts

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 133-140

  Lawlor, Susan M ^a   O'Brien, Nora M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

carotene; Chicken embryo fibroblasts; Oxidative stress; Paraquat

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PARAQUAT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; CATALASE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; FIBROBLASTS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HERBICIDES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PARAQUAT; PARTIAL PRESSURE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0030949317     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19970015     Document Type: Article

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