Comparative effects of mono-, di-, tri-, and tetrasulfides derived from plants of the Allium family: Redox cycling in vitro and hemolytic activity and Phase 2 enzyme induction in vivo

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1200-1211

  Munday, Rex ^a   Munday, John S ^b   Munday, Christine M ^a  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DT diaphorase; Free radical production; Free radicals; Garlic; Glutathione S transferase; Hemolysis; Onions; Quinone reductase; Redox cycling; Sulfides; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALLYL SULFIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOLYTIC AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PROPYLSULFIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GARLIC; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; ONION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037403325     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(03)00144-8     Document Type: Article

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