Prooxidant and antioxidant activities of bilirubin and its metabolic precursor biliverdin: A structure-activity study

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-74

  Asad, S Farhan ^a   Singh, Saurabh ^a   Ahmad, Aamir ^a   Khan, Nizam U ^a   Hadi, S M ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Bilirubin; Biliverdin; Copper; Endogenous DNA damage; Prooxidant

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BILIVERDIN; COPPER ION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BILIRUBIN; BILIVERDINE; COPPER; DNA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEVODOPA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0035979281     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2797(01)00209-5     Document Type: Article

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