Micronutrients prevent cancer and delay aging

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 102-103, Issue , 1998, Pages 5-18

  Ames, Bruce N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetyl carnitine; DNA damage; Folic acid; Lipoic acid; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CARDIOLIPIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; NICOTINIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CANCER PREVENTION; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET; DNA DAMAGE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FRUIT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NICOTINIC ACID DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; RAT; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIET; FOLIC ACID; FRUIT; HUMANS; IRON; NEOPLASMS; VEGETABLES; VITAMINS; ZINC;

EID: 15344342522     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00269-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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