Hypotaurine protection on cell damage by singlet oxygen

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 483, Issue , 2000, Pages 157-162

  Pitari, Giuseppina ^a   Duprè, Silvestro ^b   Spirito, Alessandra ^b   Antonini, Giovanni ^a   Amicarelli, Fernanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYPOTAURINE; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; SCAVENGER; SINGLET OXYGEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TAURINE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; CELL DEATH; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HUMANS; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SINGLET OXYGEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TAURINE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034585073     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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