Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) and a mixture of vitamin B2 and C affects MMC efficiency in aerated media under irradiation

Anticancer Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 4031-4034

  Fuga, Linda ^a   Kragl, Martin ^a   Getoff, Nikola ^a,b  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

radiation; Mitomycin C (MMC); Vitamin B2 (riboflavin); Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; MITOMYCIN C; RIBOFLAVIN; MITOMYCIN; OXYGEN; PERHYDROXYL RADICAL; PEROXIDE; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOSTASIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMA RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG POTENTIATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ASCORBIC ACID; DRUG SYNERGISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMA RAYS; MITOMYCIN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PEROXIDES; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RIBOFLAVIN;

EID: 14944343577     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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