Antioxidant activity of carbocysteine lysine salt monohydrate

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 215-220

  Pinamonti, S ^a   Venturoli, L ^a   Leis, M ^a   Chicca, M ^a   Barbieri, A ^a   Sostero, S ^a   Ravenna, F ^a   Daffonchio, L ^b,c   Novellini, R ^b   Ciaccia, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Medical Department   (Italy)

^c Medical Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; Expectorants; Lung diseases, obstructive; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARBOCISTEINE; CARBOCYSTEINE LYSINE; CARBOCYSTEINE-LYSINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBOCYSTEINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0035459673     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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