Thiols as major determinants of the total antioxidant capacity

BioFactors

Volumn 17, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 75-82

  Balcerczyk, A ^a   Grzelak, A ^a   Janaszewska, A ^a   Jakubowski, W ^b   Koziol, S ^c   Marszalek, M ^a   Rychlik, B ^a   Soszynski, M ^a   Bilinski, T ^c   Bartosz, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CROCIN; FERRIC ION; LUMINOL; PHYCOERYTHRIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE; URATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HEMOLYSATE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGENATION; PARAMETER; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

EID: 10744229075     PISSN: 09516433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520170108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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