The nutritional supplement chromium(III) tris(picolinate) cleaves DNA

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 483-487

  Speetjens, J Kristopher ^a   Collins, Rachel A ^a   Vincent, John B ^a   Woski, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; CHROMIUM III TRIS(PICOLINATE); HYDROXYL RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG SAFETY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OXIDATION; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG STABILITY; MUTAGENS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PICOLINIC ACIDS;

EID: 0033018931     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx9900167     Document Type: Article

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