The effect of lipoic acid on macro and trace metal levels in living tissues exposed to oxidative stress

Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 560-568

  Ciftci, Harun ^a   Bakal, Unal ^b  

^a AHI EVRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

7, 12 dimethylbenz a anthracene; Cancer; DMBA; Lipoic acid; Oxidative stress; Trace element

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ARSENIC; BROMINE; CATALASE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HESPERETIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; IRON; MANGANESE; METALLOTHIONEIN; NICKEL; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOCTIC ACID; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 67651085616     PISSN: 18715206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152009788451815     Document Type: Article

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