The free radical fantasy: A panoply of paradoxes

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1067, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-26

  Howes, Randolph M ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS   (Philippines)

^c Johns Hopkins Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Anti aging, vitamins; Antioxidants; Free radical theory; Oxidants; Redox

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; FOLIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; RETINOL; VITAMIN;

AGING; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 33744494572     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1354.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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