Antioxidant and prooxidant roles for β-carotene, α-tocopherol and ascorbic acid in human lung cells

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-24

  Zhang, P ^a   Omaye, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Tocopherol; Carotene; Antioxidant; Ascorbic acid; Human lung cell line CCD 8Lu; Prooxidant

Indexed keywords

2,2' AZOBIS(2 AMIDINOPROPANE); ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; ISOPROSTANE; PROTEIN P53; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PROTECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOKING;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA DAMAGE; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PROTEINS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SMOKING; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0035106035     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2333(00)00054-0     Document Type: Article

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