Antioxidant function of ambroxol in mononuclear and polymorphonuclear cells in vitro

Lung

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 235-242

  Gillissen, A ^a   Bartling, A ^a   Schoen, S ^a   Schultze Werninghaus, G ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambroxol; Antioxidant function; Oxidant metabolism; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACETYLCYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; AMBROXOL; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LUMINOL; NACYSTELYN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYMOSAN;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADULT; AMBROXOL; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; EXPECTORANTS; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYSINE; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0030975768     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007570     Document Type: Article

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