Vitamin C for DNA damage prevention

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 733, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 39-49

  Sram, Radim J ^a   Binkova, Blanka ^a   Rossner, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chromosomal aberrations; DNA adducts; DNA repair; DNA strand breakage; Micronuclei; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BLEOMYCIN; CARCINOGEN; CISPLATIN; DNA; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PLACEBO; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SELENIUM;

AIR POLLUTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; COMET ASSAY; DNA ADDUCT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD INTAKE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MICRONUCLEUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOLID TUMOR; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; XENOBIOTIC STRESS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA ADDUCTS; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84860584518     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: 09218262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2011.12.001     Document Type: Review

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