Vitamin C, uric acid, and glutathione gradients in murine stratum corneum and their susceptibility to ozone exposure

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1128-1132

  Weber, Stefan Udo ^a,c   Thiele, Jens J ^a   Cross, Caroll E ^b   Packer, Lester ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Oxidative stress; Skin; Skin barrier; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; OZONE; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHILICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INJURY; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EID: 0033372526     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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