A practical look at the chemistry and biology of hydrogen sulfide

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-44

  Olson, Kenneth R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOBIMANE; BUFFER; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INORGANIC SALT; IRON; METHYLENE BLUE; OXYGEN; PENTETIC ACID; SODIUM HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SODIUM SULFIDE; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFITE; SULFUR; THIOSULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; COLORIMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG METABOLISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; POLAROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84860758991     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: 15577716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2011.4401     Document Type: Review

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