Ex vivo assessment of lymphocyte antioxidant status using the comet assay

Free Radical Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 533-537

  Panayiotidis, Mihalis ^a,c   Collins, Andrew R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Dietary antioxidants; DNA damage; Human lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; SMOKING;

EID: 0031470329     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10715769709065793     Document Type: Article

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