Coenzyme Q10 enrichment decreases oxidative DNA damage in human lymphocytes

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 1027-1032

  Tomasetti, M ^a   Littarru, G P ^a   Stocker, R ^b   Alleva, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b HEART RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coenzyme Q10 Supplementation; Comet assay; DNA damage; Free radicals; Hydrogen peroxide; Liposomes; Lymphocytes; Ubiquinol 10; Ubiquinone 10

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; UBIDECARENONE; UBIQUINOL 10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; UBIQUINOL-10; UBIQUINONE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 0033216635     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(99)00132-X     Document Type: Article

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