β-Carotene effectively scavenges toxic nitrogen oxides: Nitrogen dioxide and peroxynitrous acid

FEBS Letters

Volumn 404, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 175-178

  Kikugawa, Kiyomi ^a   Hiramoto, Kazuyuki ^a   Tomiyama, Susumu ^a   Asano, Yoshiko ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotene; Nitrogen dioxide; Nitrogen monoxide; Peroxynitrous acid

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBYL PALMITATE; BETA CAROTENE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG INTERACTION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SCAVENGING SYSTEM;

AMILORIDE; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; NITRATES; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0031059023     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00124-5     Document Type: Article

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