Use of a new antioxidant diquertin as an adjuvant in the therapy of patients with acute pneumonia

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 606-608

  Kolhir, V K ^a   Bykov, V A ^a   Teselkin, Yu O ^b   Babenkova, I V ^b   Tjukavkina, N A ^c   Rulenko, I A ^c   Kolesnik, Yu A ^c   Eichholz, A A ^d  

^a Institute of Plant Substances'   (Russian Federation)

^b PIROGOV RUSSIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c I M SECHENOV FIRST MOSCOW STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d Dept of Physiology and Biophysics   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pneumonia; Antioxidants; Dihydroquercetin; Diquertin; Flavonoids; Free radical oxidation of lipids

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DIQUERTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0032422445     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199812)12:8<606::AID-PTR367>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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