Synergistic effect of vitamin C on DNA damage induced by cadmium

General Physiology and Biophysics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 373-379

  Blasiak J ^a   Trzeciak, A ^a   Dziki, A ^b   Ulanska J ^b   Pander, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b II Dept of Internal Medicine   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Comet assay; DNA damage; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CARCINOGEN; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; OXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

ASCORBIC ACID; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMET ASSAY; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG SYNERGISM; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0034445363     PISSN: 02315882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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