Lucigenin as mediator of superoxide production: Revisited

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 926-928

  Liochev, Stefan I ^a   Fridovich, Irwin ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Free radical; Lucigenin; Luminescence; Mediator; Superoxide

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; FREE RADICAL; LUCIGENIN; SUPEROXIDE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; LUMINESCENCE; MEASUREMENT; MEDIATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; TECHNIQUE;

ACRIDINES; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES; XANTHINE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 0032533982     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(98)00121-X     Document Type: Article

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