Stimulation of ascorbate-induced hypoxia by lignin

Anticancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2 A, 1997, Pages 1213-1216

  Sakagami, Hiroshi ^a   Satoh, Kazue ^a   Aiuchi, Toshihiro ^a   Nakaya, Kazuyasu ^a   Takeda, Minoru ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Ascorbyl radical; Cytotoxicity; Hypoxia; Lignin; Redox pontential

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; LIGNIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCORBIC ACID; CELL HYPOXIA; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; LIGNIN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTEOGLYCANS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030995289     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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