Natural inspirations for antioxidant drug discovery

Drug Discovery Today

Volumn 14, Issue 19-20, 2009, Pages 910-912

  Li, Xue Juan ^a   Gao, Na ^a   Zhang, Hong Yu ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b The Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; FOLIC ACID; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; IDEBENONE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOCTIC ACID; UBIQUINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; METABOLOMICS; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PNEUMONIA; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOLS;

EID: 70349333522     PISSN: 13596446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2009.08.003     Document Type: Editorial

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