Prooxidant action of two antioxidants: Ascorbic acid and gallic acid

Anticancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1 A, 1997, Pages 221-224

  Sakagami, Hiroshi ^a   Satoh, Kazue ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Cytotoxicity; Gallic acid; Hydrogen peroxide; Prooxidant; Radical; Redox potential

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GALLIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; ASCORBIC ACID; GALLIC ACID; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031048454     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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