Carnosine and Related Compounds Protect Against Copper-Induced Damage of Biomolecules

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 350-357

  Lee, Beom Jun ^a   Lee, Yong Soon ^a   Kang, Kyung Sun ^a   Cho, Myung Haing ^a   Hendricks, Deloy G ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Ascorbic acid; Carnosine and related compounds; Hemolysis; Lipid peroxidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038093466     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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