Human meconium has potent antioxidative properties

Neonatology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 71-75

  Kääpä, Pekka ^a   Kytölä, Jaakko ^a   Soukka, Hanna ^a   Ahotupa, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Bilirubin; Meconium; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BILIRUBIN; BUTYLCRESOL; FREE RADICAL; SUPEROXIDE; UBIDECARENONE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MECONIUM; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PEROXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BILIRUBIN; BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MECONIUM; PEROXIDES; SUPEROXIDES; UBIQUINONE; VITAMIN E;

EID: 1842336879     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000244468     Document Type: Article

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