Carotenoids as antioxidants

Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 815-817

  Krinsky, Norman I ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA damage; LDL; Prooxidant

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ANTIOXIDANT; AZOBISISOBUTYLNITRILE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; DNA MARKER; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LYCOPENE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRILE; NITROSAMINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE; XANTHINE OXIDASE; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CARROT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL STRAIN HT29; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMET ASSAY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0034773331     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(01)00651-7     Document Type: Review

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