Strong antioxidant activity of ellagic acid in mammalian cells in vitro revealed by the Comet assay

Anticancer Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6 A, 2001, Pages 3903-3908

  Festa, F ^a   Aglitti, T ^a   Duranti, G ^a   Ricordy, R ^a   Perticone, P ^a   Cozzi, Renata ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Biologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Akaline comet assay; Ascorbic acid; Cytofluorimetric assay; Ellagic acid; Melatonin; Oxidative DNA damage

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BLEOMYCIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ELLAGIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELATONIN; RADICAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BLEOMYCIN; CHO CELLS; COMET ASSAY; CRICETINAE; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELLAGIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELATONIN; OXIDANTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 0035570345     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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