Antioxidant and prooxidant role of β-carotene in murine normal and tumor thymocytes: Effects of oxygen partial pressure

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1065-1073

  Palozza, Paola ^a   Luberto, Chiara ^a   Calviello, Gabriella ^a   Ricci, Paola ^a   Bartoli, Gianna Maria ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Free radicals

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; FREE RADICAL; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOOXIDATION; CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPEROXIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; FREE RADICALS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OXIDANTS; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; VITAMIN E; XANTHINE; XANTHINE OXIDASE; XANTHINES;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031045424     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(96)00498-4     Document Type: Article

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