Brain tumor and role of β-carotene, α- tocopherol, superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-27

  Aggarwal, Sarita ^a   Subberwal, Manju ^a,d   Kumar, Sushil ^b   Sharma, Meenakshi ^c  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

^d NONE   (India)

Author keywords

a tocopherol; Brain tumor; Glutathione peroxidase; Superoxidase dismutase; carotene

Indexed keywords

EID: 32844462426     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 09731482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.19771     Document Type: Article

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