Antioxidant activity: What do we measure?

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-29

  Bartosz, Grzegorz ^a   Bartosz, Małgorzata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Free radicals; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

2,2' AZINO DI (3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE) 6 SULFONIC ACID; 2,2' AZOBIS(2 AMIDINOPROPANE); 2,2'-AZINO-DI-(3-ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE)-6-SULFONIC ACID; 2,2'-AZOBIS(2-AMIDINOPROPANE); AMIDINE; ANTIOXIDANT; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITRATE; OXIDIZING AGENT; PEROXYNITRIC ACID; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

AMIDINES; ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZOTHIAZOLES; NITRATES; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFONIC ACIDS;

EID: 0032618394     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.1999_4180     Document Type: Article

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