Hydrogen as a selective antioxidant: A review of clinical and experimental studies

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1893-1903

  Hong, Y ^a   Chen, S ^a   Zhang, J M ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Hydrogen; Hydrogen saturated water; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; HYDROGEN;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREATITIS; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEPSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 78650851414     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323001003800602     Document Type: Review

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