Redox cycling mechanisms in the colon

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 418-419

  Jomova, Klaudia ^a   Valko, Marian ^a,b  

^a The Philosopher University in Nitra Geoinformatics and Regional Development   (Slovakia)

^b SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BILE ACID; ELECTRON TRANSFERRING FLAVOPROTEIN; FARNOQUINONE; FREE RADICAL; GLYCOGEN; HYDROQUINONE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MENAQUINONE; PHYTOMENADIONE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SEMIQUINONE; TOXIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

AGING; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; COLON; COLON MUCOSA; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEHYDROGENATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; LETTER; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICELLE; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RECTUM; STEM CELL;

COLON; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84864628131     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.05.012     Document Type: Letter

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