Vitamin free radicals and their anticancer action

In Vivo

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 599-612

  Getoff, Nikola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cancer prevention; Cytostatica; Electron transfer; Free radicals; Pulse radiolysis; Review; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; FOLIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; METHOTREXATE; MITOMYCIN C; NICOTINAMIDE; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; SANAZOLE; THIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RADIOLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 67650992086     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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