Relevance of N-acetylcysteine in clinical practice: Fact, myth or consequence?

Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-179

  Faintuch, Joel ^a   Aguilar, Patricia B ^a   Nadalin, Wladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMINO ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ENZYME; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; PEPTIDE; RETINOL; SCAVENGER; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0033011296     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(98)00060-4     Document Type: Article

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