Increase in production of ascorbate radical in tissues of rat treated with paraquat

Free Radical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-185

  Minakata, Kayoko ^a   Suzuki, Osamu ^a   Horio, Fumihiko ^b   Saito, Shin Ichi ^c   Harada, Naoko ^c  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbate radical; Ascorbic acid; ESR; Paraquat; Rat mutant

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; PARAQUAT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAQUAT POISONING; RAT; TISSUE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033933709     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715760000300731     Document Type: Article

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