Serum carotenoids and oxidative DNA damage in human lymphocytes

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2159-2162

  Collins, Andrew R ^a   Olmedilla, Begoña ^b   Southon, Susan ^c   Granado, Fernando ^b   Duthie, Susan J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; XANTHOPHYLL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FEMALE; FRUIT; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUTEIN; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 0032405860     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/19.12.2159     Document Type: Article

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