Prooxidant and cytotoxic action of N-acetylcysteine and glutathione in combinations with vitamin B12b

Cell and Tissue Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-49

  Solov'eva, M E ^a   Solov'ev, V V ^a   Faskhutdinova, A A ^a   Kudryavtsev, A A ^a   Akatov, V S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Apoptosis; Glutathione; N acetylcysteine; Oxidative stress; Tumor cells; Vitamin B12b

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649123028     PISSN: 1990519X     EISSN: 19905203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1990519X07010063     Document Type: Article

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