Comparative evaluation of antioxidant reactivity within obstructed and control rabbit urinary bladder tissue using FRAP and CUPRAC assays

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 323, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 139-142

  Bean, Holly ^a   Radu, Florian ^a   De, Elise ^b   Schuler, Catherine ^c   Leggett, Robert E ^a   Levin, Robert M ^a  

^a ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Bladder; CUPRAC; FRAP; Free radicals; Obstruction

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLADDER MUCOSA; BLADDER MUSCLE; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPRAC; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RABBITS; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 59949095320     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: 15734919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-008-9972-5     Document Type: Article

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