Free radicals and the antioxidant hypothesis of prohapten activation [2]

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-67

  Schmidt, Richard J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CONTACT ALLERGEN; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; HAPTEN; IRON; NITROREDUCTASE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANACARDIACEAE; COVALENT BOND; ELECTROPHILIC STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTERNAL EAR; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEACEAE; SKIN; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FREE RADICALS; HAPTENS; HUMANS; IRON; MICE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SKIN; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 34250668465     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01146.x     Document Type: Letter

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