Protective actions of 5'-n-alkylated curcumins on living cells suffering from oxidative stress

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 360, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-71

  Oyama, Yasuo ^a   Masuda, Toshiya ^a   Nakata, Mami ^a   Chikahisa, Lumi ^a,b   Yamazaki, Yuko ^a   Miura, Kumiko ^a   Okagawa, Makiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Laboratory of Cancer Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkylated curcumin; Antioxidant activity; Curcumin; Hydrogen peroxide

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LINOLEIC ACID;

ALKYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CURCUMIN; ETHIDIUM; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032582658     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00635-9     Document Type: Article

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