Free radicals as mediators of alcohol toxicity

Adverse Drug Reactions and Toxicological Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 235-252

  Mantle, D ^a   Preedy, V R ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Antioxidants; ESR spectroscopy; Free radicals

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CARNITINE; FREE RADICAL; KUTKIN; MARKER; METADOXINE; NITRIC OXIDE; RESVERATROL; SILYMARIN; TIRILAZAD;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; WINE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL TRIALS; ETHANOL; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033386620     PISSN: 0964198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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