Ascorbic acid and β-carotene as modulators of oxidative damage

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 223-228

  Cozzi, Renata ^a,b   Ricordy, Ruggero ^b   Aglitti, Tania ^a   Gatta, Valentina ^b   Perticone, Paolo ^b   De Salvia, Rosella ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BLEOMYCIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHO CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; CYTOGENETICS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BLEOMYCIN; CHO CELLS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CRICETINAE; DNA DAMAGE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 0031409891     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/18.1.223     Document Type: Article

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