A pilot study on the effects of almond consumption on DNA damage and oxidative stress in smokers

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-183

  Jia, Xudong ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Zhang, Wenzhong ^a   Zhang, Xiaopeng ^a   Lapsley, Karen ^b   Huang, Guangwei ^b   Blumberg, Jeffrey ^c   Ma, Guansheng ^a   Chen, Junshi ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Almond Board of California   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; ALMOND; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMET ASSAY; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRUNUS; SMOKING; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 33748146107     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327914nc5402_4     Document Type: Article

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