Recent advances in oxidative stress and antioxidants in medicine

Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-18

  Smythies, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CATALASE; FLAVONOID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NICOTINAMIDE; POLYPHENOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UBIDECARENONE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BETA THALASSEMIA; COMMON COLD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREATITIS; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0031948553     PISSN: 03170209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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