Humic acid-mediated oxidative damages to human erythrocytes: A possible mechanism leading to anemia in Blackfoot disease

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 470-477

  Cheng, Mei Ling ^a   Ho, Hung Yao ^b   Chiu, Daniel Tsun Yee ^c   Lu, Fung Jou ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blackfoot disease; Free radicals; Humic acid; Oxidative stress of red blood cells

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; FREE RADICAL; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMIC ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; CELL DAMAGE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

ANEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUTATHIONE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; TAIWAN;

EID: 0032818705     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(99)00072-6     Document Type: Article

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