The effect of inhaled air ions generated by technical ionizers and a bioionizer on rat trachea mucosa and the phagocytic activity of blood cells

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4 II, 2006, Pages 1351-1358

  Sirota, Tatjana V ^a   Novoselov, Vladimir I ^b   Safronova, Valentina G ^b   Yanin, Vadim A ^b   Tsvetkov, Viktor D ^a   Amelina, Svetlana E ^b   Lushnikova, Antonina L ^b   Maltseva, Valentina N ^b   Tikhonov, Vladimir P ^c   Kondrashova, Marie N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c Diod Company   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Air ions; Antioxidant enzymes; Chemiluminescence; Phagocytic activity; Reactive oxygen species (ROS); Trachea mucosa

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BLOOD; CELLS; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; ENZYME INHIBITION; IONIZATION;

AIR IONS; ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES; PHAGOCYTIC ACTIVITY; RAT TRACHEA MUCOSA; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33747859662     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.877647     Document Type: Article

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