Oxidants and antioxidants in sulfur mustard-induced injury

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1203, Issue , 2010, Pages 92-100

  Laskin, Jeffrey D ^a   Black, Adrienne T ^b   Jan, Yi Hua ^a   Sinko, Patrick J ^b   Heindel, Ned D ^c   Sunil, Vasanthi ^b   Heck, Diane E ^d   Laskin, Debra L ^b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

dermatotoxicity; nitric oxide; oxidative stress; reactive oxygen species; vesicants

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID; MUSTARD GAS; NUCLEIC ACID; OXIDIZING AGENT; PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ALKYLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 77956245054     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05605.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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