The effect of thymol and its derivatives on reactions generating reactive oxygen species

Chemosphere

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1059-1064

  Kruk, Irena ^a   Michalska, Teresa ^a   Lichszteld, Krzysztof ^a   Kladna, Aleksandra ^b   Aboul Enein, Hasan Y ^c  

^a WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^c Biol and Med Research Department   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dithymoquinone; Oxygen free radicals; Singlet oxygen; Thymol; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; SINGLET OXYGEN; SUPEROXIDE; THYMOL; THYMOQUINONE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BENZOQUINONES; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; FREE RADICALS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THYMOL;

LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0034120730     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00454-3     Document Type: Article

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